greedsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From greed +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

greedsome (comparative more greedsome, superlative most greedsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by greed; avaricious
    • 1916, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Old Judge Priest:
      The ant believes what you tell him; the greedsome anteater thrives upon this credulity.
    • 2013, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Folger, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013:
      This is not to say that the larch are gluttons, greedsome water scavengers totally out of control.
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