Edacious \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
[1913 Webster]
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. --Carlyle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
edacious
adj : devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as
wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: esurient, rapacious,
ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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