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Definition of voracious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

voracious

adjective
 
/vəˈreɪʃəs/
 
/vəˈreɪʃəs/
(formal)
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  1. eating or wanting large amounts of food synonym greedy
    • a voracious eater
    • to have a voracious appetite
  2. wanting a lot of new information and knowledge synonym avid
    • a voracious reader
    • a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin vorax, vorac- (from vorare ‘devour’) + -ious.
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