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adjective
1.
craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
2.
exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector.
Related forms
vo·ra·cious·ly, adverb
vo·ra·cious·ness, noun
un·vo·ra·cious, adjective
un·vo·ra·cious·ly, adverb
un·vo·ra·cious·ness, noun
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voracious
1635, formed as an adj. form of voracity (1526), from M.Fr. voracité, from L. voracitatem (nom. voracitas) "greediness, ravenousness," from vorax (gen. voracis) "greedy," from vorare "to devour," from PIE base *gwer- "to swallow, devour" (cf. Skt. girati "he swallows," garah "drink;" Gk. bora
EXPAND "food;" Lith. geriu "to drink;" O.C.S. ziro "to swallow," grulo "gullet").
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