edacious

English

Etymology

From Latin edā(c) (“gluttonous, greedy”) (from edō (“to eat”)) + -ious (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

edacious (comparative more edacious, superlative most edacious)

1. (literary) Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:voracious

Derived terms

• edaciously
• edaciousness

 

Translations

voracious, ravenous

• Bulgarian: лаком (bg) (lakom), ящен (bg) (jašten), ненаситен (bg) (nenasiten),
• Romanian: lacom (ro)
• Russian: ненасы́тный (ru) (nenasýtnyj)

Anagrams

• acedious