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ravenous

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ravenous/ˈravənəs/

▶adjective voraciously hungry.

– derivatives
ravenously adverb,
ravenousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. ravineus, from raviner (see raven2).

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