edacity
Americannoun
Usage
What is edacity? Edacity is the state of being edacious. Something or someone that is edacious is devouring or voracious. When someone is showing edacity, they are craving or consuming large amounts of something. Most often, edacity is used in reference to food. For example, you might be in a state of edacity if you’ve been fasting all day. You’ll be more than hungry—you’ll be so strongly craving food that you might be eating as much as you can, as quickly as you can. Less often, edacity is used in relation to other things you might want or consume in large amounts, such as reading or listening to music. Example: We were all filled with edacity after that 10-mile hike with no snacks.
Etymology
Origin of edacity
1620–30; < Latin edācitās, equivalent to edāci- (stem of edāx ) gluttonous, equivalent to ed- eat + -āci- adj. suffix + -tās -ty 2
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Disgust and edacity; laziness that cannot rest; futile ambition, revenge, non-admiralship:—O, within that carbuncled skin what a confusion of confusions sits bottled!
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
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