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vo·ra·cious
(vô-rā′shəs, və-)adj.
1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit: a voracious reader.
[From Latin vorāx, vorāc-, from vorāre, to swallow, devour.]
vo·ra′cious·ly adv.
vo·rac′i·ty (-răs′ĭ-tē), vo·ra′cious·ness n.
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voracious
(vɒˈreɪʃəs)adj
1. devouring or craving food in great quantities
2. very eager or unremitting in some activity: voracious reading.
[C17: from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour]
voˈraciously adv
voracity, voˈraciousness n
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vo•ra•cious
(vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və-)adj.
1. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
2. exceedingly eager or avid; insatiable: a voracious reader.
[1625–35; < Latin vorāx, s. vorāc-, adj. derivative of vorāre to eat ravenously, devour; see -acious]
vo•ra′cious•ly, adv.
vo•ra′cious•ness, vo•rac′i•ty (-ˈræs ɪ ti) n.
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Adj. | 1. | voracious - excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
2. | voracious - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
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voracious
adjective
1. gluttonous, insatiable, ravenous, hungry, greedy, ravening, devouring For their size, stoats are voracious predators.
2. avid, prodigious, insatiable, uncontrolled, rapacious, unquenchable He was a voracious reader.
avid moderate, temperate, self-controlled
avid moderate, temperate, self-controlled
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voracious
adjective1. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume:
3. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit:
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