greedy

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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.

Opposite of

lazy, nongreedy, reluctant

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹiːdi/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål

Cognate with Old Norse

Cognate with Gothic

Cognate with Sanskrit

Cognate with Albanian

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.