Greedy Definition

grēdē

greedier, greediest

adjective

greedier, greediest

Wanting or taking all that one can get, with no thought of others' needs; desiring more than one needs or deserves; avaricious; covetous.

Webster's New World

Having too strong a desire for food and drink; gluttonous; voracious.

Webster's New World

Intensely eager.

Webster's New World

Prone to overeat.

Wiktionary

(computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.

This regular expression performs a greedy match.

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Other Word Forms of Greedy

Base Form:

greedy

Comparative:

greedier

Superlative:

greediest

From Middle English gredy, from Old English grǣdiġ (“greedy, hungry, eager”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰAr(e)dʰ-, *gʰrēdʰ- (“to be hungry, long for”), equivalent to greed +‎ -y. Cognate with Old Saxon grādag ("gladly, willingly" compare Dutch graag), Old High German grātag (“greedy”), Danish grådig (“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr (“greedy”), gráði (“greed, hunger”)), Gothic (grēdags, “hungry”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian ngordh (“to crave for, starve, die”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English gredi from Old English grǣdig gher-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition