voraciousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

voraciousness
    n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: {edacity}, {esurience},
         {ravenousness}, {voracity}, {voraciousness}]
    2: extreme gluttony [syn: {edacity}, {esurience},
       {rapaciousness}, {rapacity}, {voracity}, {voraciousness}]
    3: an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);
       "the greediness of lawyers" [syn: {greediness},
       {voraciousness}, {rapaciousness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

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