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greedsome

greedsome adjective: characterised or marked by greed; avaricious.

Adjective

greedsome (comparative more greedsome, superlative most greedsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by greed; avaricious
    • The ant believes what you tell him; the greedsome anteater thrives upon this credulity.1916, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Old Judge Priest
    • This is not to say that the larch are gluttons, greedsome water scavengers totally out of control.2013, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Folger, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013

Forms of greedsome

comparativemore greedsome
superlativemost greedsome

Origin of greedsome

From greed + -some.

Questions about greedsome

What does greedsome mean?
Greedsome means characterised or marked by greed; avaricious.
What part of speech is greedsome?
Greedsome is an adjective.

Words near greedsome in the dictionary

  1. greedmeister
  2. greedmeisters
  3. greedoid
  4. greedoids
  5. greeds
  6. greedsome
  7. greedster
  8. greedy
  9. greedy algorithm
  10. greedy algorithms
  11. greedy property

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