Crossword clues for voraciousness
voraciousness
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 or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
--Dampier. --
Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. the state of being voracious
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.