grabbiness

noun

Etymology

From grabby + -ness.

  1. derived from *gʰrebʰ-✻ — “to gather, rake, grab, seize”
  2. derived from *grabōną✻ — “to gather, rake”
  3. derived from *grabbōn✻
  4. derived from gravan
  5. borrowed from grabben — “to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”
  6. borrowed from grabben
  7. suffixed as grabby — “grab + y”
  8. suffixed as grabbiness — “grabby + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being grabby

    The quality of being grabby; acquisitive greed.

The neighborhood

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