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over-greedy

over-greedy is the alternative form of overgreedy.

Meaning of overgreedy

Adjective

overgreedy (comparative more overgreedy, superlative most overgreedy)

  1. Greedy to excess.
    • The commonwealth is sick of their own choice
      Their over-greedy love hath surfeited.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

Forms of over-greedy

comparativemore over-greedy
superlativemost over-greedy

Questions about over-greedy

What is over-greedy the alternative form of?
Over-greedy is the alternative form of overgreedy.

Words near over-greedy in the dictionary

  1. over-fired
  2. over-fires
  3. over-firing
  4. over-fond
  5. over-genderization
  6. over-greedy
  7. over-hand
  8. over-handed
  9. over-handing
  10. over-hands
  11. over-heat

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