Edacious

/ɪˈdeɪʃəs/ adjective

Definition

Voracious, consuming things greedily or rapidly; having a huge appetite.

Etymology

From Latin edacious (prone to eating) from edere (to eat). The root edere is the same source for the English word 'edible,' literally meaning 'eatable or inclined to eat.'

Kelly Says

The word 'edacious' is so old-fashioned that it's almost disappeared from English, but it perfectly describes creatures like locusts or termites that literally eat everything in their path—nature's ultimate eating machines!

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