voracity

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He devoured the cold meat set before him with terrible voracity, and nearly finished the spirits left in the bottle; but the last had no effect in dispersing his gloom.

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  1. The character of being voracious; greediness of appetite; voraciousness. He ate food with what might almost be termed voracity. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, vii.
  2. Synonyms Avidity, ravenousness. See rapacious.

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  • Impressed with the plant's voracity, he decided to test its pressed juices in animal and in vitro studies. —  Omni: February-March 1993
  • The venomous reptile attacked   the kindly old gentleman with singular voracity, and but for the   high-topped boots which Mr. Poole wore, serious injuries would have   been inflicted upon our friend's person. —  Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions, v2
  • The amount of energy and vitality and intellectual clarity, voracity, and depth at the NH Liberty Forum was a sight to behold. —  Bureaucrash - Join the Resistance
  • While they pastured they showed great voracity, and did not allow themselves to be disturbed in the least by the presence of man. —  The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
  • Hence this marvellous voracity, this insatiable hunger, this wonderful ravenousness; and hence also (there being nothing but the physical part to receive this vast storing of energy) this strength that is becoming almost hourly herculean, almost daily appalling. —  The Ape, the Idiot ; Other People
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  1. from French voracité = Spanish voracidad = Portuguese voracidade = Italian voracità, from Latin voracita(t-)s, ravenousness, from vorax (vorac-), devouring: see voracious.
 

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