Edacious

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Edacious \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
     Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
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           Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. --Carlyle.
     -- {E*da"cious*ly}, adv. -- {E*da"cious*ness}, n.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  edacious
       adj : devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
             vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as
             wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: {esurient}, {rapacious},
              {ravening}, {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]