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rapaciousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rapacious  \Rapa"cious\,  a.  [L.  rapax  -acis,  from  rapere  to 
  seize  and  carry  off  to  snatch  away  See  {Rapid}.] 
  1.  Given  to  plunder;  disposed  or  accustomed  to  seize  by 
  violence;  seizing  by  force.  ``  The  downfall  of  the 
  rapacious  and  licentious  Knights  Templar.''  --Motley. 
 
  2.  Accustomed  to  seize  food;  subsisting  on  prey,  or  animals 
  seized  by  violence;  as  a  tiger  is  a  rapacious  animal;  a 
  rapacious  bird. 
 
  3.  Avaricious;  grasping;  extortionate;  also  greedy; 
  ravenous;  voracious;  as  rapacious  usurers;  a  rapacious 
  appetite. 
 
  [Thy  Lord]  redeem  thee  from  Death's  rapacious  claim 
  --Milton. 
 
  Syn:  Greedy;  grasping;  ravenous;  voracious.  -- 
  {Ra*pa"cious*ly},  adv  --  {Ra*pa"cious*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rapaciousness 
  n  :  extreme  gluttony  [syn:  {edacity},  {esurience},  {rapacity},  {voracity}, 
  {voraciousness}]




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