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noun
The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: rapaciousness, avarice, covetise, covetousness, cupidity, gluttony, greed, greediness, Mammon, rapacity, ravin, voracity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: avarice, greed, covetousness, avaritia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mortal sin, deadly sin
noun
extreme gluttony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voracity, voraciousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gluttony
History
From rapac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French rapacité (whence -acity, from Latin rapācitās, from rapāx, from rapiō (“snatch, grab, carry off”).
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
