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vo·rac·i·ty

   [vaw-ras-i-tee, voh-, vuh-]
noun
the condition or quality of being voracious.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin vorācitās, equivalent to vorāc- (stem of vorāx) gluttonous + -itās -ity
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  • One is the size of the innings, marking a return to his old voracity.
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voracious (vɒˈreɪʃəs)
 
—adj
1.  devouring or craving food in great quantities
2.  very eager or unremitting in some activity: voracious reading
 
[C17: from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour]
 
vo'raciously
 
—adv
 
voracity
 
—n
 
vo'raciousness
 
—n

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