Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ravenousness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ravenous \Rav"en*ous\, a. [From 2d {Raven}.]
1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious;
hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite
or desire. -- {Rav"en*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Rav"en*ous*ness},
n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ravenousness
n : excessive desire to eat [syn: {edacity}, {esurience}, {voracity},
{voraciousness}]
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