Word of the Day

Friday, March 31, 2006

edacious

\i-DAY-shus\ , adjective;

Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Quotes:

Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time.

-- Thomas Carlyle,

Something that... will dismay edacious lips.

-- "The late showman", Independent, August 21, 1999

Our... high-toned irritability, edacious appetites, and pampered constitutions.

-- Isaac Taylor, Natural History of Enthusiasm

Origin:

Edacious is from Latin edax, edac-, gluttonous, consuming, from edo, edere, to eat.