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greed
English
Etymology
C. 1600. Back-formation from greedy.
Pronunciation
- enPR: gr?d, IPA(key): /??id/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Noun
greed (countable and uncountable, plural greeds)
- A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
- Synonyms: avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity, gluttony; see also Thesaurus:greed
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:
- […] 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."
Derived terms
- greedily
- greediness
- greedy
Translations
Verb
greed (third-person singular simple present greeds, present participle greeding, simple past and past participle greeded)
- To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.
Further reading
- greed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- greed in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- degre, dereg, edger, erged, redge
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thirst
English
Etymology
From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Danish tørst, Norwegian tørst). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ???????? (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit ?????? (t????, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit ??????? (t???yati), Latin terra.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thûrst
- (UK) IPA(key): /???st/
- (US) IPA(key): /??st/
- Rhymes: -??(?)st
Noun
thirst (countable and uncountable, plural thirsts)
- A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which spots the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane
- The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- "We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?"
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
- a thirst for gold
- (slang) sexual lust
Synonyms
- (figuratively): craving, longing
Derived terms
- bloodthirst
- thirst-quenching
- thirsty
Translations
See also
- hunger
Verb
thirst (third-person singular simple present thirsts, present participle thirsting, simple past and past participle thirsted)
- (intransitive) To be thirsty.
- The people thirsted there for water.
- (intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently.
- My soul thirsteth for […] the living God.
- Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Translations
Further reading
- thirst in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- thirst in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- T-shirt, t-shirt, thrist
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