noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/
General-American:/vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/
General-American:/vɔˈɹæ.sə.ti/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -æsɪti
homophone: veracity
CMU ARPABET:V ER0 AE1 S AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:V AO0 R AE1 S AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: voraciousness
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
extreme gluttony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
