GREE'DY, adjective [Latin gradior, and probably signifies reaching forward.] 1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; followed by of; as a lion that is greedy of his prey. Psalms 17:12. 2. Having a keen desire of any thing; eager to obtain; as greedy of gain.
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