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1. (adj.) voracious
craving or consuming large quantities of food:
a voracious appetite.
2. voracious
exceedingly eager or avid; insatiable:
a voracious reader.
Etymology: (1625–35; < L vorāx, s. vorāc-, adj. der. of vorāre to eat ravenously, devour ; see -acious)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) rapacious, ravening, voracious
excessively greedy and grasping
"a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
2. (adj) edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
devouring or craving food in great quantities
"edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) voracious
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
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