voracity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vorac(ious) + -ity, 14th c., from Middle French voracité, from Latin voracitas.
Noun[edit]
voracity (usually uncountable, plural voracities)
- the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 84:
- Beatrice felt heart-sick to see the famished voracity with which her father ate—it was the first time he had tasted food for three days.
Translations[edit]
the state of being voracious
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