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voracity

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vo·ra·cious  (vô-rshs, v-)
adj.
1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: a voracious reader.

[From Latin vorx, vorc-, from vorre, to swallow, devour.]

vo·racious·ly adv.
vo·raci·ty (-rs-t), vo·racious·ness (-rshs-ns) n.
Synonyms: voracious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous
These adjectives mean having or marked by boundless greed: a voracious reader of history; a gluttonous consumer of fine foods; a rapacious acquirer of competing businesses; a politician ravenous for power.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.voracity - excessive desire to eatvoracity - excessive desire to eat              
hunger, hungriness - a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
2.voracity - extreme gluttonyvoracity - extreme gluttony                    
gluttony - habitual eating to excess
Translations
voracity [vɒˈræsɪtɪ] N (lit) → voracidad f (fig) → avidez f (for de)
voracity
nGefräßigkeit f; (fig)Gier f(for nach)
voracity [vɒˈræsɪtɪ] nvoracità

voracity
n.  voracidad.


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Here they passed the remainder of the day, cooking and eating with a voracity proportioned to previous starvation, forgetting in the hearty revel of the moment the certain dangers with which they were environed.
In their voracity the vermin frequently fastened their sharp fangs in my fingers.
I will not go into other particulars, as for example want of shirts, and no superabundance of shoes, thin and threadbare garments, and gorging themselves to surfeit in their voracity when good luck has treated them to a banquet of some sort.
 
 
 
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