overgreedyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈɡriːdi/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈɡridi/

Forms: see over- prefix and greedy adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, greedy adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + greedy adj.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the 16th cent.

Too greedy, excessively greedy. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): people who are too greedy as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions

greedya1000

overgreedyOE

avarous1303

covetous1340

concupiscible1398

avaricious1474

silver-sick?a1500

lucrous1511

having1528

lucrative1549

concupiscentious1555

holding1569

griping?1573

concupiscential1577

over-havinga1600

gripulous1614

ingordigious1637

concupitive1651

appropriative1655

lucripetous1675

coveting1699

grasping1747

concupiscenta1834

acquisitive1846

pleonectic1858

big-eye1868

wanting1876

possessive1889

grabby1910

gold-digging1925

territorial1966

OE Wulfstan Last Days (Hatton) 135 Men..beoð ofergrædige woruldgestreona.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxiii. A Be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 88 Their ouer-greedy loue hath surfetted.

1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. civ. 281 Our over-greedy Desire of Gain..demonstrates an insatiable Appetite.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvii. 259 An over-greedy Grasp does not retain the largest Handful.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iv. 74 Be not over-greedy, Anthony. Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 176 Some meat for the over-greedy foreigners.

1940 Landscape Rural Poverty viii. 131 During recent years most of the clam flats have been overdug. Thousands have been completely destroyed by overgreedy harvest.

1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 252 It should be portrayed as a wastrel nation and allowed to continue in free-fall as a disciplinary example to the overgreedy within other countries.

2002 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 9 May d1 I don't want to make it sound that Tony is being greedy or overgreedy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overgreedy
释义	overgreedyadj.n. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈɡriːdi/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡridi/ Forms: see over- prefix and greedy adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, greedy adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + greedy adj.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the 16th cent. Too greedy, excessively greedy. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): people who are too greedy as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions greedya1000 overgreedyOE avarous1303 covetous1340 concupiscible1398 avaricious1474 silver-sick?a1500 lucrous1511 having1528 lucrative1549 concupiscentious1555 holding1569 griping?1573 concupiscential1577 over-havinga1600 gripulous1614 ingordigious1637 concupitive1651 appropriative1655 lucripetous1675 coveting1699 grasping1747 concupiscenta1834 acquisitive1846 pleonectic1858 big-eye1868 wanting1876 possessive1889 grabby1910 gold-digging1925 territorial1966 OE Wulfstan Last Days (Hatton) 135 Men..beoð ofergrædige woruldgestreona. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxiii. A Be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 88 Their ouer-greedy loue hath surfetted. 1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. civ. 281 Our over-greedy Desire of Gain..demonstrates an insatiable Appetite. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvii. 259 An over-greedy Grasp does not retain the largest Handful. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iv. 74 Be not over-greedy, Anthony. Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 176 Some meat for the over-greedy foreigners. 1940 Landscape Rural Poverty viii. 131 During recent years most of the clam flats have been overdug. Thousands have been completely destroyed by overgreedy harvest. 1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 252 It should be portrayed as a wastrel nation and allowed to continue in free-fall as a disciplinary example to the overgreedy within other countries. 2002 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 9 May d1 I don't want to make it sound that Tony is being greedy or overgreedy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.OE
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