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Greed (or avarice) is an insatiable desire for material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions) or social value, such as status, or power.
In Slovak the word mamonár is sometimes used to refer to a greedy person. The word "mammona" is quite often used in the Finnish and Estonian languages as a synonym of material wealth. In German , the word "Mammon" is a colloquial and contemptuous term for "money".
Pleonexia, sometimes called pleonexy, originating from the Greek πλεονεξία, is a philosophical concept which roughly corresponds to greed, covetousness, or avarice, and is strictly defined as "the insatiable desire to have what rightfully belongs to others."
eat alone: to keep for oneself; to be greedy. family: an organized crime clan. forget about it (often pronounced "fuggedaboutit"): An exclamation; as the title character explains in Donnie Brasco: "Forget about it" is, like, if you agree with someone, you know, like "Raquel Welch is one great piece of ass. Forget about it!"
The French Academy dictionary suggested that the term 'gourmand' was a synonym of 'glutton' or 'greedy'. [5] Henri Brispot's A gourmand. An alternative and older usage of the word is to describe a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink, as a glutton [2] or a trencherman. [citation needed]
Looking back on his career in a recent interview, Simon Cowell named the one decision that was his biggest regret and fans are not happy. The America's Got Talent judge sat down for a conversation ...
Greedy Smith (1956–2019), pseudonym of Andrew McArthur Smith, singer, musician and songwriter with the Australian pop/new wave band Mental As Anything; Greedy Williams (born 1997), American football player nicknamed "Greedy" Jack Greedy (1929–1988), Canadian racing driver, member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
These three states are delusion, also known as ignorance; greed or sensual attachment; and hatred or aversion. [1] [2] These three poisons are considered to be three afflictions or character flaws that are innate in beings and the root of craving, and so causing suffering and rebirth. [1] [3]