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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