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/vaw ras"i tee, voh-, veuh-/, n.the condition or quality of being voracious.[1520-30; < L voracitas, equiv. to vorac- (s. of vorax) gluttonous + -itas -ITY]
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Voracity — Vo*rac i*ty, n. [L. voracitas: cf. F. voracit[ e].] The quality of being voracious; voraciousness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
voracity — index greed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
voracity — 1520s, from M.Fr. voracité (14c.) or directly from L. voracitatem (nom. voracitas) greediness, ravenousness, from vorax (gen. voracis) greedy, from vorare to devour, from PIE root *gwer to swallow, devour (Cf. Skt. girati he swallows, garah … Etymology dictionary
voracity — voracious ► ADJECTIVE 1) wanting or devouring great quantities of food. 2) eagerly consuming something: his voracious reading of literature. DERIVATIVES voraciously adverb voracity noun. ORIGIN from Latin vorax, from vorare devour … English terms dictionary
voracity — noun Date: 1526 the quality or state of being voracious … New Collegiate Dictionary
voracity — noun the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony … Wiktionary
voracity — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, covetousness, crapulence, crapulency, cupidity, edacity, frenzy of desire, fury of desire, gluttonousness, gluttony, grasping, graspingness, greed,… … Moby Thesaurus
voracity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gluttony, edacity*, rapacity; see greed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, edacity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness. See DESIRE … English dictionary for students
voracity — n. ardent enthusiasm for a certain activity; ravenousness … English contemporary dictionary
voracity — n. Ravenousness, greediness, voraciousness, gluttonous appetite … New dictionary of synonyms
