What is "edacious"

Edacious \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.] Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time.
--Carlyle. -- E*da"cious*ly, adv. -- E*da"cious*ness, n.

1736, from Latin edaci-, stem of edax "voracious, gluttonous," from edere "to eat" (see edible) + -ous. Related: Edacity (1620s); edaciously;\nedaciousness.

a. Having an insatiable appetite; voracious, ravenous, piggish.

adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]