voracity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /vɔˈɹæ.sə.ti/ (General-American)
- /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
First attested in 1526 from Middle French voracité, from Latin vorācitās (whence -acity), from vorāx.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
Beatrice felt heart-sick to see the famished voracity with which her father ate—it was the first time he had tasted food for three days.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 84:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| voracities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (20)
bg ненаси́тност (the state of being voracious) · ga ampla (the state of being voracious) · pt voracidade (the state of being voracious) · pl żarłoczność (the state of being voracious) · pl zachłanność (the state of being voracious) · mk стрв (the state of being voracious) · ka გაუმაძღრობა (the state of being voracious) · kk ашкөздік (the state of being voracious) · ga gionach (the state of being voracious) · fr voracité (the state of being voracious) · bg лакоми́я (the state of being voracious) · la avāritia (the state of being voracious) · ru ненасы́тность (the state of being voracious) · it voracità (the state of being voracious) · ga airc (the state of being voracious) · gl voracidade (the state of being voracious) · tl sibà (the state of being voracious) · ca voracitat (the state of being voracious) · es voracidad (the state of being voracious) · ru прожо́рливость (the state of being voracious)