Hypertext Webster Gateway: "greed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greed \Greed\, n. [Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel.
gr[=a][eth]r. [root]34. See {Greedy.}]
An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
greed
n 1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp material
wealth) than one needs or deserves
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {avarice}, {covetousness},
{rapacity}, {avaritia}]
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