Hypertext Webster Gateway: "greediness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greediness \Greed"i*ness\, n. [AS gr[=ae]dignes.]
The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.
Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. --Shak.
Syn: Ravenousness; voracity; eagerness; avidity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
greediness
n 1: an excessive desire for food [syn: {hoggishness}, {piggishness}]
2: an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);
"the greediness of lawyers"
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.