voracity

From vorac(ious) +‎ -ity, from Middle French voracité, from Latin voracitas. First use appears c. 1526.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/, /vɔˈɹæ.sə.ti/

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• Rhymes: -æsɪti
• Homophone: veracity
• Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧ci‧ty

voracity (usually uncountable, plural voracities)

1. The state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.

   Synonym: voraciousness

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 84:

     Beatrice felt heart-sick to see the famished voracity with which her father ate—it was the first time he had tasted food for three days.