greedy
Betekenis (Engels)
- Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
- Prone to overeat.
- Tending to match as much text as possible.
- That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
- (archaic) Greedily sought or pursued.
Concepten
Tegenovergesteld aan
lazy, nongreedy, reluctant
Synoniemen
acquisitive
eagerly desirous
winning over
Vertalingen
gierig
avide
avido
codiciosoFrequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈɡɹiːdi/
Etymologie (Engels)
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.
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