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greedy

/ɡˈɹidi/GREE-dee
/ɡˈɹidi/GREE-dee

Meaninghungry, eager

Common meaning: wanting too much

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GARDH‘strive after, to be greedy’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 97, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Englishgrædigsource
  3. Middle Englishgredisource
  4. Englishgreedy‘wanting too much’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English grædig ‘hungry, eager’.

Roots

  • grædig Old English “hungry, eager”

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