carnivoracity en · NOUN
Etymology
From oblique stem of Latin caro, carnis (“flesh, meat”) + -i- + voracity.
Meanings
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(humorous, obsolete, uncountable) greedy appetite for meat
April 18, 1730, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Gay Mr. Cleland always speaks of you: he is at Tunbridge, wondering at the superior carnivoracity of our friend: he plays now with the old Duchess, nay dines with her, after she has won all his money