voracious


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
voracious /vəˈreɪʃəs/
adjective
  • 1 wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
  • 2 very eager or enthusiastic in one's approach: a voracious reader.
– derivatives
voraciously adverb,
voraciousness noun,
voracity noun.
– origin C17: from L. vorax, vorac- (from vorare ‘devour’) + -ious.
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