pleonectic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

19th century borrowing from Ancient Greek πλεονεκτικός (pleonektikós, greedy), from πλείων (pleíōn, more) + κτάομαι (ktáomai, to get, acquire).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pleonectic (comparative more pleonectic, superlative most pleonectic)

  1. Greedy; covetous.

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