overgreedy

See also: over-greedy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

overgreedy (comparative more overgreedy, superlative most overgreedy)

  1. Greedy to excess.
    • Shakespeare
      The commonwealth is sick of their own choice / Their over-greedy love hath surfeited.
    • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 270:
      'I am, perhaps, overgreedy, but I sense a good cook instinctively.'
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