voracity

voracity

excessive eagerness, greediness, great hunger: He gobbled down his food with voracity.
Not to be confused with:veracity – truthfulness: He has a reputation for veracity and we can trust what he says.

vo·ra·cious

V0147000 (vô-rā′shəs, və-)adj.1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.2. Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit: a voracious reader.

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

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vo·ra′cious·ly adv.vo·rac′i·ty (-răs′ĭ-tē), vo·ra′cious·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	voracity - excessive desire to eat edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voraciousnesshunger, hungriness - a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
	2.	voracity - extreme gluttony rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, edacity, esuriencegluttony - habitual eating to excess

voracity

nounThe quality or condition of being voracious:avidity, edacity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness.

Translations

voracité