edacityn.
/ɪˈdasɪti/ 1. The quality of being edacious; capacity for eating; good appetite. Now chiefly humorous.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > capacity for food
brookingc1440
belly1555
swallow1592
edacity1626
gurgulio1630
stowage1651
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §972 The Wolf is a Beast of great Edacitie and Disgestion.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xxxix. 26 If those pipes windings..Should not refrain too much edacitie.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 613 Edacity in the Small Pox is usually an ill Sign.
1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 335 He has vivacity, edacity, and bibacity.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 516 Ulysses' edacity is competently attested in the Odyssey.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > corrosion > corrosive quality
corrosiveness1611
edacity1657
causticity1772
corrosivity1796
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. T4v Lest the noxious quality of the air, or edacity of heat, spoyl their qualities.
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