voracity
[ vaw-ras-i-tee, voh-, vuh- ]
noun
the condition or quality of being voracious.
Origin of voracity
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How to use voracity in a sentence
Parisian women—and Caroline is one—are very vain, and as for their voracity—don't speak of it.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacFenceviewer I. has suffered the first check in her career of rapacity, voracity and capacity.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurAnd esteem it to be a Championlike action if one can but make the t'other dead drunk by his voracity of sucking in most.
"Perhaps the politeness may equal the voracity," said the fat lady, who was almost boiling over with wrath.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverIt principally subsists on fish, but such is its voracity, that it seizes almost every thing that comes within its reach.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
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