Dictionary entry

Edacious

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E‐da″cious (?), a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.] Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.

— E‐da″cious‐ly, adv. — E‐da″cious‐ness, n.