Found 2 hits - Term: voraciousness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
voracious \vora"cious\, a. l. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
devour; akin to gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, skr. gar. cf.
devour.
greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;
ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious
man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. --dampier. --
vora"ciously, adv. -- vora"ciousness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
devour vora"ciously vora"ciousness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
voraciousness
n 1: excessive desire to eat syn: edacity, esurience, ravenousness,
voracity
2: extreme gluttony syn: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness,
rapacity, voracity
see also:
edacity esurience ravenousness voracity rapaciousness rapacity
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