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carnivoracity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

greedy appetite for meat

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • April 18, 1730, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Gay Mr. Cleland always speaks of you: he is at Tunbridge, wondering at the superior carnivoracity of our friend: he plays now with the old Duchess, nay dines with her, after she has won all his money

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin caro, carnis (“flesh, meat”) + -i- + voracity.