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”
wolflike, wolfish
(adjective) resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf; “ran in wolflike packs”; “wolfish rapacity”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wolfish (comparative more wolfish, superlative most wolfish)
Pertaining to wolves.
Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf.
Fierce; savage; menacing.
• (pertaining to wolves): lupine
• (having the characteristics of a wolf): lupine, wolfy, wolflike
• fish owl, fowlish
Source: Wiktionary
Wolf"ish, a.
Definition: Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.
– Wolf"ish*ly, adv.
– Wolf"ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
