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"word": "greedily"
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"text": "His greed was his undoing.",
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{
"ref": "1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564",
"text": "[…]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, \"Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore.\"",
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{
"ref": "1954, Thomas Firbank, Log Hut, page 194",
"text": "Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings",
"text": "She does not display voracities and greeds like a number of patients […] nor has she shown any significant tendency to possessiveness, grievance, paranoia, or mania.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1987, Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone, Wall Street (motion picture), spoken by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas)",
"text": "The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.",
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"A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions."
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"source": "Thesaurus:greed",
"word": "envy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:greed",
"word": "glutton"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:greed",
"word": "greedy"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:greed",
"word": "voracious"
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"word": "avarice"
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{
"word": "covetousness"
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{
"word": "greediness"
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{
"word": "rapacity"
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{
"word": "gluttony"
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{
"word": "greed"
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"word": "avarice"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:greed",
"word": "covetise"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:greed",
"word": "covetousness"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:greed",
"word": "cupidity"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "lakmi"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jašaʕ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جَشَع"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭamaʕ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "طَمَع"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "agahutʻyun",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ագահություն"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "lübh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "লোভ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "khok",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "খক"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "gutizia"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xcívascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хці́васць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skvápnascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сква́пнасць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žádascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жа́дасць"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "xaplívascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "хаплі́васць"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "álčnost",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "а́лчност"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avarícia"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cobdícia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānxīn",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "贪心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪欲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānyù",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "贪欲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪婪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānlán",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "贪婪"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chamtivost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hebzucht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gulzigheid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "schraapzucht"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "hebgierigheid"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "avido"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ahnus"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "aplus"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "pʋyã'anɛ"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"word": "gírni"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "grammleiki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ahneus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avidité"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cupidité"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sixarbe",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "სიხარბე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaumaʒɣroba",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "გაუმაძღრობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Habsucht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Habgier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Raffgier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Raffsucht"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bifaihōns",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "faihugeirō",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aplistía",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "απληστία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pleonexía",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πλεονεξία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "philokérdeia",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φιλοκέρδεια"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"note": "for money",
"roman": "philarguría",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φιλαργυρία"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ueritsanneq"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "betza'",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בֶּצַע"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥamdanut",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חַמְדָנוּת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lālac",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "लालच"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "kapzsiság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "mohóság"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "græðgi"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "agum"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "rakus"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "serakah"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antlás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gionach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saint"
},
{
"code": "isd",
"lang": "Isnag",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "axum"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avidità"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ingordigia"
},
{
"alt": "とん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪"
},
{
"alt": "よく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yoku",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "欲"
},
{
"alt": "とんよく, ton'yoku, たんよく, tan'yoku",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪欲"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "loop",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "លោភ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "loŭphlôn",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "លោភលន់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɔɔhaaloop",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "មហាលោភ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tamyok",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "탐욕"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yoksim",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "욕심"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "çavbirçîtî"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaritia"
},
{
"code": "lnd",
"lang": "Lun Bawang",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "angaa"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "alčnost",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "алчност"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lakomost",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "atyāgrahaṁ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "അത്യാഗ്രഹം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "apo"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "lobh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "लोभ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "griskhet"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "griskheit"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grådigheit"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ġītsung"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hers",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "حرص"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "Bejia"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Jiez"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chciwość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ganância"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cobiça"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avareza"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "lālac",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਲਾਲਚ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aviditate"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lăcomie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avariție"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "álčnostʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "а́лчность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žádnostʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жа́дность"
},
{
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"word": "gramžljivost"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"word": "grabežljivost"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"word": "srebroljublje"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"word": "škrtost"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"word": "požuda"
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sl",
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "codicia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaricia"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "for food",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gula"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "glotonería"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"word": "avidez"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"word": "girighet"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xasisī",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "хасисӣ"
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{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "pērācai",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "பேராசை"
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{
"code": "te",
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"roman": "durāśa",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "దురాశ"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "loo-pá",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "โลภะ"
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{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "har po",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ཧར་པོ"
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{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "'dod rngam",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "འདོད་རྔམ"
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"code": "txb",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "txb",
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"code": "txb",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "entsesñe"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "açgözlülük"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"feminine"
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"word": "жа́дібність"
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"code": "uk",
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"feminine"
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"word": "жадли́вість"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xtývistʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "хти́вість"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ненаже́рливість"
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"masculine"
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"word": "طمع"
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "hirs"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ochkoʻzlik"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "sự tham lam"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"masculine"
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"word": "bâr"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"ref": "1987, Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone, Wall Street (motion picture), spoken by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas)",
"text": "The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "lakmi"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jašaʕ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جَشَع"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭamaʕ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "طَمَع"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "agahutʻyun",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ագահություն"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "lübh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "লোভ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "khok",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "খক"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "gutizia"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xcívascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хці́васць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skvápnascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сква́пнасць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žádascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жа́дасць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xaplívascʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хаплі́васць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "álčnost",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "а́лчност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avarícia"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cobdícia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānxīn",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "贪心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪欲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānyù",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "贪欲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪婪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānlán",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "贪婪"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "chamtivost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "hebzucht"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "gulzigheid"
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "eo",
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"word": "avido"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ahnus"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "pʋyã'anɛ"
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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{
"code": "fo",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"word": "grammleiki"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ahneus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avidité"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cupidité"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sixarbe",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "სიხარბე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaumaʒɣroba",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "გაუმაძღრობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Habsucht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Habgier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "got",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "faihugeirō",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aplistía",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "απληστία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pleonexía",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πλεονεξία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "philokérdeia",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φιλοκέρδεια"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"note": "for money",
"roman": "philarguría",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φιλαργυρία"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ueritsanneq"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "betza'",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בֶּצַע"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥamdanut",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חַמְדָנוּת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lālac",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "लालच"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "kapzsiság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "mohóság"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "græðgi"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "agum"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "rakus"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "serakah"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antlás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gionach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saint"
},
{
"code": "isd",
"lang": "Isnag",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "axum"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avidità"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ingordigia"
},
{
"alt": "とん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪"
},
{
"alt": "よく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yoku",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "欲"
},
{
"alt": "とんよく, ton'yoku, たんよく, tan'yoku",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪欲"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "loop",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "លោភ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "loŭphlôn",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "លោភលន់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɔɔhaaloop",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "មហាលោភ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tamyok",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "탐욕"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yoksim",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "욕심"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "çavbirçîtî"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaritia"
},
{
"code": "lnd",
"lang": "Lun Bawang",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "angaa"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "alčnost",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "алчност"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lakomost",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лакомост"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "atyāgrahaṁ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "അത്യാഗ്രഹം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "apo"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "lobh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "लोभ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "griskhet"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "grådighet"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "griskheit"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grådigheit"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ġītsung"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hers",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "حرص"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "Bejia"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Jiez"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chciwość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ganância"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cobiça"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avareza"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "lālac",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਲਾਲਚ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aviditate"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lăcomie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avariție"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "álčnostʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "а́лчность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žádnostʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жа́дность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenasýtnostʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ненасы́тность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sannt"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanntachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pohlepa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gramžljivost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "grabežljivost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "halapljivost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "srebroljublje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "škrtost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "požuda"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chtivosť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pohlep"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "codicia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaricia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "for food",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gula"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "for food",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "glotonería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avidez"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "girighet"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xasisī",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "хасисӣ"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "pērācai",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "பேராசை"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "durāśa",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "దురాశ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "loo-pá",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "โลภะ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "har po",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ཧར་པོ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "'dod rngam",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "འདོད་རྔམ"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "maune"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "entse"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "entsesñe"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "açgözlülük"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žádibnistʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жа́дібність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žadlývistʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жадли́вість"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xtývistʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хти́вість"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nenažérlyvistʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ненаже́рливість"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tam'a",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "طمع"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "lālac",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لالچ"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "hirs"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ochkoʻzlik"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "sự tham lam"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bâr"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "barau"
}
],
"word": "greed"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iːd",
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"form": "greeds",
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},
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"form": "greeding",
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{
"ref": "1885, Sir Richard Francis Burton, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights",
"text": "Hearing these words he arose, because indeed he greeded for her, and came up behind her as she rested upon her elbows and knees and bending in hand his prickle nailed it into her coynte and did manly devoir.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Leonard Warwick, The Unspoken, page 284",
"text": "This conniving bastard has greeded the farm off an old man and I end up with nothing.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire."
],
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"desire",
"desire#Verb"
],
[
"greedy",
"greedy"
],
[
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[
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"act on"
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]
}
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"ipa": "/ɡɹid/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːd"
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/En-uk-greed.ogg/En-uk-greed.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/En-uk-greed.ogg",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"enpr": "grēd"
}
],
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}
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