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/i das"i tee/, n.the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.[1620-30; < L edacitas, equiv. to edaci- (s. of edax) gluttonous, equiv. to ed- EAT + -aci- adj. suffix + -tas -TY2]
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Edacity — E*dac i*ty, n. [L. edacitas.] Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
edacity — index greed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
edacity — [ē das′ə tē, idas′ə tē] n. [L edacitas] the state of being edacious; huge capacity for eating: now humorous … English World dictionary
edacity — noun see edacious … New Collegiate Dictionary
edacity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voracity. See DESIRE … English dictionary for students
edacity — n. voraciousness, appetite … English contemporary dictionary
edacity — edac·i·ty … English syllables
edacity — /əˈdæsəti/ (say uh dasuhtee) noun good appetite. {Latin edācitas gluttony} …
edacity — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑voraciousness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
esurience — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑voraciousness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
