EDACIOUS

edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

(adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities; “edacious vultures”; “a rapacious appetite”; “ravenous as wolves”; “voracious sharks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

edacious (comparative more edacious, superlative most edacious)

Having an insatiable appetite; voracious, ravenous, piggish.

Synonyms

• See also voracious

Anagrams

• acedious

Source: Wiktionary


E*da"cious, a. Etym: [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]

Definition: Given to eating; voracious; devouring. Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.

– E*da"cious*ly, adv.

– E*da"cious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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