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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greedy \Greed"y\, a. [Compar. {Greedier} (-[i^]-[~e]r); superl.
{Greediest}.] [OE. gredi AS gr?dig, gr?dig; akin to D.
gretig, OS gr?dag, OHG. gr?tag, Dan. graadig OSw. gradig,
gr?dig, Icel. gra?ugr, Goth. gr?dags greedy, gr?d?n to be
hungry; cf Skr. grdh to be greedy. Cf {Greed.}]
1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous;
voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of as a lion that
is greedy of his prey.
2. Having a keen desire for anything vehemently desirous;
eager to obtain; avaricious; as {greedy} of gain.
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