greedy

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɹiːdi/ Rhymes: -iːdi === Adjective === greedy (comparative greedier, superlative greediest) Having greed; consumed by selfish desires. Prone to overeat. (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible. Antonyms: lazy, nongreedy, reluctant (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage. Antonym: nongreedy (archaic) Greedily sought or pursued. ==== Synonyms ==== (having greed): Thesaurus:greedy (prone to overeat): gluttonous ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: gridi ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “greedy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “greedy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === greyed