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greedy

adj
/ˈɡɹiːdi/

Etymology

From Middle English gredy, from Anglian Old English grēdiġ (“greedy, hungry, eager”) (cognate West Saxon form grǣdiġ), from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-. Equivalent to greed + -y. Cognate with Old Saxon grādag (“greedy”), Dutch graag (“gladly, willingly”), Old High German grātag (“greedy”), Danish grådig (“greedy”), Norwegian Bokmål grådig (“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr (“greedy”), gráði (“greed, hunger”)), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (grēdags, “hungry”). Sanskrit गृद्धि (gṛddhi, “greed”) is a false cognate.

  1. derived from *gʰer-✻
  2. derived from *grēdaz✻
  3. inherited from *grēdagaz✻ — “hungry”
  4. inherited from grēdiġ — “greedy, hungry, eager”
  5. inherited from gredy

Definitions

  1. Having greed

    Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

    • For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.
    • “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”

  2. Prone to overeat.

  3. Tending to match as much text as possible.

    • This regular expression performs a greedy match.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.

    2. Greedily sought or pursued.

      • Suppoſe they be in number infinit, Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline, All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […] Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.

The neighborhood

Derived

be fearful when others are greedy, be greedy when others are fearful, greed, greedily, greediness, greedy algorithm, greedyguts, greedy property, overgreedy, ungreedy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for greedy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA