edacious
[ ih-dey-shuhs ]
/ ɪˈdeɪ ʃəs /
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adjective
devouring; voracious; consuming.
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OTHER WORDS FROM edacious
un·e·da·cious, adjectiveun·e·da·cious·ly, adverbWords nearby edacious
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Example sentences from the Web for edacious
Thus Time rolls on in its many-colored manner, edacious and feracious.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.)|Thomas CarlyleThese words Hyndford listened to with an edacious solid countenance, and greedily took them down.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas CarlyleAnd that he became audacious, edacious, and loquacious, is evident from such wit and flippancy as he here likes to display.
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani
British Dictionary definitions for edacious
edacious
/ (ɪˈdeɪʃəs) /
adjective
mainly jocular devoted to eating; voracious; greedy
Derived forms of edacious
edaciously, adverbedacity (ɪˈdæsɪtɪ) or edaciousness, nounWord Origin for edacious
C19: from Latin edāx voracious, from edere to eat
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