About The Word Edacious
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Edacious
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What's The Definition Of Edacious?
[adj] devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Edacious: esurient | gluttonous | rapacious | ravening | ravenous | voracious | wolfish Related Terms | Find terms related to Edacious: See Also | Edacious In Webster's Dictionary \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. --Carlyle.
-- {E*da"cious*ly}, adv. -- {E*da"cious*ness}, n.
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