Voraciousness

2 definitions found

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

  Voracious \Vo*ra"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. --


     {Vo*ra"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*ra"cious*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  voraciousness
       n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: {edacity}, {esurience}, {ravenousness},
             {voracity}]
       2: extreme gluttony [syn: {edacity}, {esurience}, {rapaciousness},
           {rapacity}, {voracity}]