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voraciousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Voracious  \Vo*ra"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.  -- 
  {Vo*ra"cious*ly},  adv  --  {Vo*ra"cious*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  voraciousness 
  n  1:  excessive  desire  to  eat  [syn:  {edacity},  {esurience},  {ravenousness}, 
  {voracity}] 
  2:  extreme  gluttony  [syn:  {edacity},  {esurience},  {rapaciousness}, 
  {rapacity},  {voracity}]




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