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Voraciousness

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.

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voraciousness

n. the state of being voracious

WordNet
voraciousness
  1. n. excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity]

  2. 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.