ravenousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ravenousness
    n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: {edacity}, {esurience},
         {ravenousness}, {voracity}, {voraciousness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ravenous \Rav"en*ous\ (r[a^]v"'n*[u^]s), a. [From 2d {Raven}.]
   1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious;
      hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
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   2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite
      or desire.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Rav"en*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Rav"en*ous*ness}, n.
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