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41greedy — greedily, adv. greediness, n. /gree dee/, adj., greedier, greediest. 1. excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company. 2. having a strong or great desire for food or drink. 3. keenly… …
42Greedy — This is an early and quite rare Anglicized form of the Old Irish surname MacRiada which is more commonly recorded as Grady or Gready . The name derives from the Counties of Mayo and Roscommon. The name probably is a metonymic for a horseman, from …
43greedy — adjective 1) a greedy eater Syn: gluttonous, ravenous, voracious; informal piggish, piggy 2) his greedy manager Syn: avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, grasping, materialistic, mercenary; informal …
44greedy — /ˈgridi/ (say greedee) adjective (greedier, greediest) 1. very eager for wealth; avaricious. 2. greatly desiring food or drink. –phrase 3. greedy of, keenly desirous of; eager for: greedy of praise. {Middle English gredy, from Old English grēdig …
45greedy-guts — /ˈgridi gʌts/ (say greedee guts) noun Colloquial a greedy person. Also, greedy guts …
46greedy — adj. (greedier, greediest) 1 having or showing an excessive appetite for food or drink. 2 wanting wealth or pleasure to excess. 3 (foll. by for, or to + infin.) very keen or eager; needing intensely (greedy for affection; greedy to learn).… …
47greedy — adjective a) Having greed; consumed by selfish desires b) Tending to match as much text as possible. Syn: gluttonous See Also: greed, greediness, greedy guts …
48greedy — adj. Greedy is used with these nouns: ↑eye, ↑lawyer, ↑pig …
49greedy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Avaricious] Syn. avid, grasping, rapacious, selfish, miserly, parsimonious, close, close fisted, tight, tight fisted, niggardly, exploitative, grudging, sordid, mercenary, illiberal, stingy, covetous, penurious,… …
50Greedy reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …
