voracious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin vorāx English -acious English voracious From Latin vorāx + English -acious. First attested in the 17th century.
Meanings
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(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
The old man was up, betimes, next morning, and waited impatiently for the appearance of his new associate, who after a delay that seemed interminable, at length presented himself, and commenced a voracious assault on the breakfast.
1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 45, in Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:He is voracious by suppertime.
Retreating before stronger breeds, hungry and voracious, the Eskimo has drifted to the inhospitable polar regions, the Pygmy to the fever-rotten jungles of Africa.
1917, Jack London, “The Human Drift”, in The Human Drift, New York: Macmillan, page 3:His appetite is voracious by suppertime.
I never had so much as […] one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from voracious creatures as cruel savages.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
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Having a great appetite for anything; eager.
a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
Methodical and voracious, these hackers wanted all the files they could find.
2005 August 29, Nathan Thornburgh, “The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies”, in Time:Phoenix: Moe seems to be a voracious reader. Look at all the hard books he has here.
2007 March 16, Capcom Production Studio 4, quoting Phoenix, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All, Europe: Capcom, →OCLC, Nintendo DS, scene: Part 3: Investigation, Moe's Room, level/area: Turnabout Big Top:a voracious reader
If he carried chiefly his appetite, a zeal for tiled bathrooms, a conviction that the Pullman car is the acme of human comfort, and a belief that it is proper to tip waiters, taxicab drivers, and barbers, but under no circumstances station agents and ushers, then his Odyssey will be replete with good meals and bad meals, bathing adventures, compartment-train escapades, and voracious demands for money.
1922, Walter Lippmann, chapter 7, in Public Opinion:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most voracious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more voracious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
voraciousness · voraciously · unvoracious
Hypernyms
Relateds
greed · omnivorous · voracity · devouring · glutton
Synonyms
gluttonous · lupine · eager (having a great appetite for anything) · insatiable · hungry as a hog · voracious · pantagruelian · esurient · rapacious · ravenous · edacious · ravening · gutfoundered · cormorant
Translations (101)
ar أَكُول (devouring great quantities of food) · ru прожо́рливый (devouring great quantities of food) · ota اوبور (devouring great quantities of food) · es insaciable (having a great appetite for anything) · ka ხარბი (having a great appetite for anything) · sh прождр̀љив (devouring great quantities of food) · hu telhetetlen (devouring great quantities of food) · es voraz (devouring great quantities of food) · cs hltavý (devouring great quantities of food) · ru ненасы́тный (having a great appetite for anything) · fi ahkera (having a great appetite for anything) · ga cíocrach (having a great appetite for anything) · no glupsk (devouring great quantities of food) · da umanerlig (having a great appetite for anything) · grc βρωτικός (devouring great quantities of food) · ga alpach (devouring great quantities of food) · pl ochoczy (having a great appetite for anything) · gd gionach (devouring great quantities of food) · es voraz (having a great appetite for anything) · el αδηφάγος (having a great appetite for anything) · de unersättlich (having a great appetite for anything) · sh по̏хле̄пан (having a great appetite for anything) · ka გაუმაძღარი (having a great appetite for anything) · fa شکمو (devouring great quantities of food) · es insaciable (devouring great quantities of food) · la vorax (having a great appetite for anything) · la lurcinābundus (devouring great quantities of food) · sv omättlig (devouring great quantities of food) · kix wāmwām (devouring great quantities of food) · th ตะกละ (devouring great quantities of food) · fi ahne (devouring great quantities of food) · el αχόρταγος (devouring great quantities of food) · gl voraz (devouring great quantities of food) · et ablas (devouring great quantities of food) · ka ხარბი (devouring great quantities of food) · sh pȍhlēpan (having a great appetite for anything) · nl vraatzuchtig (devouring great quantities of food) · cmn 貪吃 /贪吃 (devouring great quantities of food) · ja 貪欲な (having a great appetite for anything) · ar قِرْشَبّ (devouring great quantities of food) · fa پرولع (having a great appetite for anything) · el αδηφάγος (devouring great quantities of food) · da umættelig (devouring great quantities of food) · gd gionach (having a great appetite for anything) · pt voraz (having a great appetite for anything) · fr vorace (having a great appetite for anything) · ga cíocrach (devouring great quantities of food) · fr vorace (devouring great quantities of food) · pl zapalony (having a great appetite for anything) · ga gionach (devouring great quantities of food) · gd craosach (devouring great quantities of food) · de gefräßig (devouring great quantities of food) · cs neukojitelný (having a great appetite for anything) · ka გაუმაძღარი (devouring great quantities of food) · sh алав (having a great appetite for anything) · fa پرخور (devouring great quantities of food) · de gierig (devouring great quantities of food) · pt voraz (devouring great quantities of food) · cmn 貪心 /贪心 (having a great appetite for anything) · et ahne (devouring great quantities of food) · bg лаком (having a great appetite for anything) · ga airceach (devouring great quantities of food) · fi ahnas (devouring great quantities of food) · hu telhetetlen (having a great appetite for anything) · ka ღორმუცელა (devouring great quantities of food) · cmn 狼吞虎嚥的 /狼吞虎咽的 (devouring great quantities of food) · cs nenasytný (having a great appetite for anything) · bg ненаситен (devouring great quantities of food) · ja 貪欲な (devouring great quantities of food) · cmn 貪婪 /贪婪 (having a great appetite for anything) · et ablas (having a great appetite for anything) · sv omättlig (having a great appetite for anything) · id voracious (devouring great quantities of food) · pl żarłoczny (devouring great quantities of food) · ru жа́дный (devouring great quantities of food) · ota قورساقسز (devouring great quantities of food) · de unersättlich (devouring great quantities of food) · la vorāx (devouring great quantities of food) · sh alav (having a great appetite for anything) · pl zachłanny (devouring great quantities of food) · mk ненаситен (having a great appetite for anything) · uk ненаже́рливий (devouring great quantities of food) · sa भोजन (devouring great quantities of food) · sv glupsk (devouring great quantities of food) · ru жа́дный (having a great appetite for anything) · ja 大食の (devouring great quantities of food) · gl voraz (having a great appetite for anything) · el μανιώδης (having a great appetite for anything) · fi innokas (having a great appetite for anything) · pl entuzjastyczny (having a great appetite for anything) · hu falánk (devouring great quantities of food) · pl zachłanny (having a great appetite for anything) · et ahne (having a great appetite for anything) · sh proždr̀ljiv (devouring great quantities of food) · grc βρωτικός (having a great appetite for anything) · de gierig (having a great appetite for anything) · ka ღორმუცელა (having a great appetite for anything) · cs žravý (devouring great quantities of food) · cs dychtivý (having a great appetite for anything) · ru ненасы́тный (devouring great quantities of food) · pl chętny (having a great appetite for anything)