From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
{Devour}.]
Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;
ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious
man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. --Dampier. --
{Vo*ra"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*ra"cious*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voraciousness
n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: {edacity}, {esurience},
{ravenousness}, {voracity}, {voraciousness}]
2: extreme gluttony [syn: {edacity}, {esurience},
{rapaciousness}, {rapacity}, {voracity}, {voraciousness}]
3: an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);
"the greediness of lawyers" [syn: {greediness},
{voraciousness}, {rapaciousness}]
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