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}]
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