Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Greedy

Greedy (grēd"y) , adjective

[Old English gredi, Anglo-Saxon gradig, grēdig; akin to Dutch gretig, Old Saxon grādag, Old High German grātag, Danish graadig, OSw. gradig, grådig, Icelandic grāeugr, Gothic grēdags greedy, grēdēn to be hungry; compare Sanskrit grdh to be greedy. Compare Greed.]

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.
2.
Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.