voracious

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He is fierce and extremely voracious -- quite as much so as the "glutton," of which he is the American representative.

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  1. adjective Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
  2. adjective Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: a voracious reader.
  3. Syntax Note
    Synonyms: voracious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous
    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.

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  • President Barack Obama warned fellow world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in London that they should not count on "voracious" U.S. consumers generating the level of demand that helped drive eight years of strong global economic growth. —  Reuters: Top News
  • On the eve of a global economic summit here, President Obama delivered an unusual warning Wednesday for an American leader: The "voracious" U.S. economy can no longer be the sole engine of global growth. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • The beetles in the oddball case had evolved to become more-voracious egg eaters. —  Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews
  • The famous Tudor was known for his voracious appetite and enjoyed banquets so much he extended the kitchen of Hampton Court Palace to fill 55 rooms. —  Home | Mail Online
  • I'm finding out, the more I'm around people who are way more musically-voracious than I am, that I learn about music through osmosis. —  Mammoth Press
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Latin vorāx, vorāc-, from vorāre, to swallow, devour.

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  1. = French vorace = Spanish Portuguese voraz = Italian vorace, from Latin vorax (vorac-), swallowing greedily, ravenous, from vorare, swallow, devour; cf. Greek √ βορ in βορά, food, βρω̄μα, food (see broma), βιβρώσκειν, eat, Sanskrit √ gar, swallow. Cf. vorant, devour.
 

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