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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": "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.",
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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": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bifaihōns",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃"
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "faihugeirō",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aplistía",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "απληστία"
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"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"
],
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"note": "for money",
"roman": "philarguría",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "ueritsanneq"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "betza'",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בֶּצַע"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥamdanut",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חַמְדָנוּת"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "लालच"
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"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"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "græðgi"
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"code": "ilo",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "agum"
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "rakus"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "serakah"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "isd",
"lang": "Isnag",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "axum"
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{
"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"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪"
},
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"alt": "よく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yoku",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "欲"
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "貪欲"
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{
"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"
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{
"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"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "apo"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ"
},
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "lobh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "लोभ"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "grådighet"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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],
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},
{
"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"
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{
"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"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "avareza"
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"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "lālac",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਲਾਲਚ"
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"code": "ro",
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"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": [
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],
"word": "lăcomie"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"word": "avariție"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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],
"word": "а́лчность"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žádnostʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "жа́дность"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ненасы́тность"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pohlepa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gramžljivost"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "grabežljivost"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "halapljivost"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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"word": "srebroljublje"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "škrtost"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"word": "požuda"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "chtivosť"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pohlep"
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"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"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avidez"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"word": "girighet"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xasisi",
"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"
},
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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",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "txb",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "açgözlülük"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "tamah"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žádibnistʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "жа́дібність"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жадли́вість"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xtývistʹ",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хти́вість"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"word": "ненаже́рливість"
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
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"word": "طمع"
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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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",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bâr"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"ref": "1848, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XI, in Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings; […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, book XI (The Norman Schemer, and the Norwegian Sea-king), page 218:",
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"ref": "1885, Sir Richard Francis Burton, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights:",
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"type": "quote"
},
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"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.",
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"word": "greedily"
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"word": "greediness"
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{
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"word": "envy"
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"word": "glutton"
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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.",
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{
"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.",
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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"
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{
"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"
],
"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"
],
"word": "schraapzucht"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hebgierigheid"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hebgier"
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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"
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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",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gírni"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"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"
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{
"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"
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{
"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"
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "selfish desire for more than is needed",
"word": "sự tham lam"
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"ref": "1848, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XI, in Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings; […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, book XI (The Norman Schemer, and the Norwegian Sea-king), page 218:",
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"ref": "1885, Sir Richard Francis Burton, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights:",
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"text": "This conniving bastard has greeded the farm off an old man and I end up with nothing.",
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