The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greedy \Greed"y\ (gr[=e]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Greedier (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Greediest.] [OE. gredi, AS. gr[=ae]dig, gr[=e]dig; akin to D. gretig, OS. gr[=a]dag, OHG. gr[=a]tag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, gr[*a]dig, Icel. gr[=a][eth]ugr, Goth. gr[=e]dags greedy, gr[=e]d[=e]n to be hungry; cf. Skr. g[.r]dh to be greedy. Cf. Greed.]
Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativegreedy)
WordNet
See greedy
adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, prehensile]
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: avid, devouring(a), esurient]
wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
Usage examples of "greediest".
I became Miser Shen, the greediest and most miserable of men, and so I would have remained if Lotus Cloud had not bankrupted me and brought me to my senses.
But the rope was an infinitely worse prospect than poverty, even to the greediest man alive.
By way of the shareholders' he waved back at the various men and women behind him, now gathering into a group'of Trygallethe foulest-tempered, greediest creatures imaginable, but that is neither here nor there, for here we are, are we not?