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English Dictionary: voraciousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for voraciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voraciousness n excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness] extreme gluttony Synonym(s): edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); "the greediness of lawyers" Synonym(s): greediness, voraciousness, rapaciousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voracious \Vora"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. -- {Vora"ciously}, adv. -- {Vora"cious*ness}, n.