Definition: voraciousness

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

voraciousness
     n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience, ravenousness,
           voracity]
     2: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness,
         rapacity, voracity]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
   devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
   Devour.]
   Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;
   ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious
   man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. --Dampier. --
   Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.