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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.