edacity

e·da·cious

 (ĭ-dā′shəs)

adj.

Characterized by voracity; devouring.

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[From Latin edāx, edāc-, from edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·dac′i·ty (ĭ-dăs′ĭ-tē) n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	edacity - excessive desire to eat     esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity hunger, hungriness - a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
	2.	edacity - extreme gluttony       rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity, esurience gluttony - habitual eating to excess

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edacity

noun

The quality or condition of being voracious:

avidity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voracity.

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