greedy

Oznaczający (Angielski)

  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.

Koncepcje

chciwy

łapczywy

łakomy

żarłoczny

zachłanny

pożądliwy

łasy

pazerny

Przeciwieństwo
lazy, nongreedy, reluctant
Częstotliwość

C1
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˈɡɹiːdi/
Etymologia (Angielski)

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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