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voracious

[ vaw-rey-shuhs, vuh- ]

adjective

  1. craving or consuming large quantities of food:

    a voracious appetite.

  2. exceedingly eager or avid:

    voracious readers; a voracious collector.

    Synonyms: insatiable, rapacious



voracious

/ vɒˈræsɪtɪ; vɒˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. devouring or craving food in great quantities
  2. very eager or unremitting in some activity

    voracious reading



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Derived Forms

  • voracity, noun
  • voˈraciously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • vo·ra·cious·ly adverb
  • vo·ra·cious·ness noun
  • un·vo·ra·cious adjective
  • un·vo·ra·cious·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of voracious1

First recorded in 1625–35; voraci(ty) + -ous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of voracious1

C17: from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour

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Example Sentences

The sexual appetites of the popes were often just as voracious.

So, if his father was like that, and Cumming shares his voracious sexual appetite, how does he behave differently?

Because the federal government has become so ubiquitous and voracious, there seems to be no negotiating with its size and scope.

I was grateful I could supplement my voracious reading with other media, as it kept me feeling current.

The voracious fans tore it to pieces and “shock rock” was born.

Fire was again given to the voracious jaws of the boilers, and the three engines recommenced their labours and their rivalries.

The Ternat bats are carnivorous animals, voracious, and possessed of an appetite for every thing that offers.

It is in the most beautiful azure depths of the limpid water that this hideous, voracious polyp delights.

The gods were voracious as wolves, and the victims as numerous.

And the mantis is so voracious that you can cut her in two without making her let go; a chain, truly, of carnage.

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