gredy

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === gredi grædie, grediȝ (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Anglian Old English grēdiġ (West Saxon Old English grǣdiġ), from Proto-West Germanic *grādag, from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡreːdiː/ === Adjective === gredy (comparative gredier) Envious, greedy; lusting after wealth or lucre; displaying avarice or greed. Voracious, insatiable, tending to overeat or excessively eat (used of people and beasts) Overexcited; excessively eager or willing; displaying impulsiveness. (rare) Starving, hungry; requiring or necessitating nutrition. ==== Derived terms ==== gredyly gredynesse ==== Descendants ==== English: greedySranan Tongo: gridi Scots: gredy, gredie ==== References ==== “grẹ̄dī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 September 2018.