Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GREED'Y, a. [Sax. grædig; D. greetig; Goth. gredags, from gredon, to hunger. It agrees in elements with L. gradior, and probably signifies reaching forward.]

1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. Ps. xvii.
2. Having a keen desire of any thing; eager to obtain; as, greedy of gain.