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overgreedy

overgreedy adjective: greedy to excess.

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: […]...
    • 'I am, perhaps, overgreedy, but I sense a good cook instinctively.'1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 270

Forms of overgreedy

comparativemore overgreedy
superlativemost overgreedy
alternative formover-greedy

Origin of overgreedy

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

Questions about overgreedy

What does overgreedy mean?
Overgreedy means greedy to excess.
What part of speech is overgreedy?
Overgreedy is an adjective.

Words near overgreedy in the dictionary

  1. overgreatly
  2. overgreatness
  3. overgreed
  4. overgreedily
  5. overgreediness
  6. overgreedy
  7. overgreen
  8. overgreened
  9. overgreening
  10. overgreens
  11. overgrew

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