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edacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
eda-cious
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.

Literary

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

more edacious (comparative) most edacious (superlative)

Derived Forms

edaciously edaciousness

Synonyms

esurient rapacious ravening ravenous voracious wolfish

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does edacious mean?
Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.
Where does edacious come from?
From Latin edā(c) (“gluttonous, greedy”) (from edō (“to eat”)) + -ious (adjectival suffix).

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