adjective
voracious
vuh-RAY-shus/vəˈreɪʃəs/
Having an exceptionally strong appetite or desire for something.
The voracious reader holds one book with a tall stack waiting nearby.
Etymology
Latin vorax described greedy, devouring appetite. That appetite supplies the image for the broader sense: an eagerness for something as intense as a ravenous desire for food.
In context
there's no telling how many creatures are pulled down and eaten by the waset for this animal has a voracious appetite comparable only to that of the Wolverine
More examples
- She is a voracious reader of biographies.
- The insects were voracious consumers of the leaves.
- His voracious curiosity led him through every exhibit.
Forms
voracious · more voracious · most voracious
voracity noun — an eager or enormous appetite