edacious

English

Etymology

From Latin edax (“gluttonous, greedy”) + -osus (adjectival suffix), from edō (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

edacious (comparative more edacious, superlative most edacious)

Having an insatiable appetite; voracious, ravenous, piggish.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:voracious

Translations

voracious, ravenous

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

Anagrams

acedious

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