Emily Dickinson Lexicon

greed, n. [OE groedum, with greediness.]

Having a keen desire for anything; selfishness.

greediness, n. [see greedy, adj.]

greedy, adj. [OE groediʓ.]

Having a keep desire of anything; eager to obtain.

Greek, proper n. [OE Crécas < early Teut. adoption of L. Græcus, Roman name for Greeks; < IE root gra/gar, venerable, ancient ones, honorable ones.]

1. Language of Greece; Hellenic dialect; [fig.] unintelligible speech; foreign language; (see Acts 16:1).
2. Spartan; young boy of ancient Greece; one who suffers without complaint; [allusion] Socrates; philosopher who drank hemlock when faced with execution.

green (-er), adj. [OE grene.]

1. Color of growing plants; color composed of blue and yellow rays, which, mixed in different proportions, exhibits a variety of shades. 2/App 13 Here is a little forest, / Whose leaf is ever green
2. Grassy plain; piece of ground covered with verbant herbage; earth.
3. [Fig.] nature; characteristics of nature.
4. Fresh; flourishing; undecayed.

green, n. [see green, adj.]

Grassy plain or plat; piece of ground covered with herbage; earth.

greenwood, n. [see green, adj.]

Wood or forest when in leaf.

greet, v. [OE groetan.]

Address at meeting; address in any manner.

grief (-s), n. [OFr; NW says: Dutch grief, hurt.] (webplay: loss). (webplay not finished for this word)

1. Sorrow; sadness; ED uses woe as a synonym for grief.
2. ED uses joy as an antonym of grief.
3. Suffering; oppression; pain; hurt.
4. Cause of sorrow or suffering; loss of comfort.

grieve (-ed), v. [see grief, n.]

Feel sorrow or pain; suffer.