Voracity
31-vorous — element meaning eating, from L. vorous, from stem of vorare to devour (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)) …
32carnivorous — (adj.) 1640s, from L. carnivorus flesh eating, from caro (gen. carnis) flesh (see CARNAGE (Cf. carnage)) + vorare to devour (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)) …
33devour — early 14c., from O.Fr. devorer (12c.) devour, swallow up, engulf, from L. devorare swallow down, accept eagerly, from de down (see DE (Cf. de )) + vorare to swallow (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)). Related: Devoured; devouring …
34herbivore — 1851, from Mod.L. herbivora (1830) or Fr. herbivore (1748), from L. herbivorus, from herba a herb + vorare devour, swallow (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)) …
35herbivorous — plant eating, 1660s, from Mod.L. herbivorus, from L. herba a herb + vorare devour, swallow (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)) …
36insectivore — (n.) 1863, from Fr. insectivore (1817), from L. insectivorus, from comb. form of insectum (see INSECT (Cf. insect)) + vorare devour, swallow (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)) …
37locavore — one who eats only locally grown or raised food, by 2001, from LOCAL (Cf. local) + ending abstracted from carnivore, etc., ultimately from L. vorare to devour (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)) …
38omnivorous — (adj.) 1650s, from L. omnivorus all devouring, from omnis all (see OMNI (Cf. omni) ) + vorare devour, swallow (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)). Related: Omnivorously; omnivorousness …
39voracious — 1630s, formed as an adjectival form of VORACITY (Cf. voracity) …
40rapaciousness — noun 1. extreme gluttony • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑rapacity, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑ …
