greediness
English
Etymology
From Middle English gredynesse, from Old English grǣdiġnes; equivalent to greedy + -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹiːdinɪs/
Noun
greediness (usually uncountable, plural greedinesses)
- The state of being greedy; greed.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
- Thereto the body of a dog she had, / Full of fell ravin and fierce greedinesse […]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
Synonyms
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