Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Greedy to excess.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Excessively greedy.

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  • adjective Greedy to excess.

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  • adjective excessively gluttonous

Etymologies

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From Middle English *overgredy, from Old English ofergrǣdiġ ("overgreedy, too covetous"), equivalent to over- +‎ greedy.

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