greedy

Meaning

Adjective

• Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
• Prone to overeat.
• Tending to match as much text as possible.
• That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
• Greedily sought or pursued.

Related

Similar words

• gluttonous

Origin

• From Middle English gredy, from Old English grǣdiġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz, from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēdʰ-, equivalent to greed + -y. Cognate with Old Saxon grādag, Dutch graag, Old High German grātag, Danish grådig, Norwegian Bokmål grådig (from Old Norse gráðigr, gráði), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃. Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit गृद्धि ("greed"), Albanian ngordh.