VORACITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does voracity mean? 

• VORACITY (noun)
  The noun VORACITY has 2 senses:

1. excessive desire to eat

2. extreme gluttony

  Familiarity information: VORACITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VORACITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive desire to eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

edacity; esurience; ravenousness; voraciousness; voracity

Hypernyms ("voracity" is a kind of...):

hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)

Derivation:

voracious (devouring or craving food in great quantities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Extreme gluttony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

edacity; esurience; rapaciousness; rapacity; voraciousness; voracity

Hypernyms ("voracity" is a kind of...):

gluttony (habitual eating to excess)

Derivation:

voracious (devouring or craving food in great quantities)