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voracity

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vo⋅rac⋅i⋅ty

  [vaw-ras-i-tee, voh-, vuh-]
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–noun
the condition or quality of being voracious.
Origin:
1520–30; < L vorācitās, equiv. to vorāc- (s. of vorāx) gluttonous + -itās -ity
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vo·ra·cious   (vô-rā'shəs, və-)   
adj.  

  1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

  2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: a voracious reader.


[From Latin vorāx, vorāc-, from vorāre, to swallow, devour.]
vo·ra'cious·ly adv., vo·rac'i·ty (-rās'ĭ-tē), vo·ra'cious·ness (-rā'shəs-nĭs) n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean having or marked by boundless greed: a voracious reader of history; a gluttonous consumer of fine foods; a rapacious acquirer of competing businesses; a politician ravenous for power.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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