Hypertext Webster Gateway: "edacious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Edacious \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. --Carlyle.
-- {E*da"cious*ly}, adv. -- {E*da"cious*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
edacious
adj : devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as
wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: {esurient}, {rapacious},
{ravening}, {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]
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