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edacity

/ɪˈdæsəti/

edacity noun: the state of being edacious; huge capacity for eating; greediness; voracity; rapacity.

Noun

edacity (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The state of being edacious; huge capacity for eating; greediness; voracity; rapacity.
    • It is true, that the wolf is a beast of great edacity and digestion […]1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
    • [I]f thou have any vendible faculty, nay if thou have but edacity and loquacity, come!1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

edacity meaning in Tamil

edacity in Tamil

பேருண்டியவா

Origin of edacity

From Latin edācitās (whence -acity), from edāx, from edō (“eat”).

Questions about edacity

What does edacity mean?
Edacity means the state of being edacious; huge capacity for eating; greediness; voracity; rapacity.
What is edacity in Tamil?
Edacity in Tamil is பேருண்டியவா. See Edacity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is edacity?
Edacity is a noun.
How do you pronounce edacity?
Edacity is pronounced /ɪˈdæsəti/.

Words near edacity in the dictionary

  1. EDA
  2. edable
  3. edacious
  4. edaciously
  5. edaciousness
  6. edacity
  7. edafology
  8. edah
  9. edakka
  10. edakkas
  11. Edalati

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: edacity (page history and authors); edacity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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