Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greedsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: greed-some
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by greed; avaricious

Example Sentences

"The ant believes what you tell him; the greedsome anteater thrives upon this credulity."
"This is not to say that the larch are gluttons, greedsome water scavengers totally out of control."

Etymology

From greed + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: greed

Inflected Forms

more greedsome (comparative) most greedsome (superlative)

Questions

What does greedsome mean?: Characterised or marked by greed; avaricious
Where does greedsome come from?: From greed + -some.

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