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Definition of Edacious
1. Adjective. Devouring or craving food in great quantities. "Voracious sharks"
Similar to: Gluttonous
Derivative terms: Edacity, Edacity, Esurience, Rapaciousness, Rapacity, Ravenousness, Voraciousness, Voraciousness, Voracity, Voracity
Definition of Edacious
1. a. Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Definition of Edacious
1. Adjective. Having an insatiable appetite; voracious, ravenous, piggish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Edacious
1. voracious [adj] - See also: voracious
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edacious
Literary usage of Edacious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Carlyle met Airy once—' a hardy little figure, of edacious energetic physiognomy,
eyes hard, strong, not fine.' He met Legendre, whose Geometry he had ..."
2. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"A hardy little figure, of edacious energetic physiognomy, eyes hard, if strong,
not fine; seemed three or four years younger than I; and to be, in secret, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Would," he added bitterly, " that some parliamentary ichneumon could be found to
break it, ere it be hatched into the horrid and edacious monster which it ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Thus Time rolls on in its many-colored manner, edacious and ferocious. It is in
this way that George's Uncle, Vladislaus, Albert's daughter's son, ..."
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