voracity
Plural: voracities
Noun
- The quality or state of being ravenous or extremely eager.
- excessive desire to eat
- extreme gluttony
- The state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
Examples
- His voracity for triple-word scores was evident in every aggressive Scrabble move.
Origin / Etymology
From vorac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French voracité, from Latin voracitas. First use appears c. 1526.
Synonyms
edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness
Scrabble Score: 16
voracity: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvoracity: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
voracity: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
voracity: valid Words With Friends Word