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Answer for the clue "Extreme gluttony ", 13 letters:
voraciousness

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the state of being voracious

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity , esurience , ravenousness , voracity ] extreme gluttony [syn: edacity , esurience , rapaciousness , rapacity , voracity ]

Usage examples of voraciousness.

Vincent loathed the hotel and was outraged by the voraciousness of the owner.

Even in this three-hundred-and-eighty-year-old engraving he could see the savagery, the sheer voraciousness of the creature.