greedy

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
2. Prone to overeat.
3. Tending to match as much text as possible.
4. That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
5. (archaic) Greedily sought or pursued.

Teenoorgestelde van

lazy, nongreedy, reluctant

Sinonieme

avaricious

covetous

gluttonous

selfish

voracious

grasping

avid

miserly

rapacious

stingy

insatiable

acquisitive

ravenous

mean

glutton

eager

hungry

eagerly desirous

piggish

desirous

envious

grabby

esurient

big eater

insatiate

prehensile

lickerish

miser

humble

keen

vulgar

base

winning over

hoggish

self-centered

shabby

predatory

greed

devouring

lustful

niggardly

vile

ferocious

favorite

covet

enviable

enraged

cold

🥶

egotistical

jealous

Vertalings

gierig

avide

avido

cupide

codicioso

gourmand

habgierig

glouton

avare

avaro

geizig

goloso

avaro

gefräßig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹiːdi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: gredy

Geërf van Old English: grēdiġ

Verwante met Old Saxon: grādag

Verwante met Nederlands: graag

Verwante met Old High German: grātag

Verwante met Deens: grådig

Verwante met Boeknoors: grådig

Verwante met Old Norse: gráðigr

Verwante met Goties: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃

Verwante met Sanskrit: गृद्धि

Verwante met Albanees: ngordh

In summary

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.