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voracity

Syllables: vo·ra·ci·ty/vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/US/vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/

voracity noun: the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.

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Noun

voracity (usually uncountable, plural voracities)

  1. (usually) The state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
    • Beatrice felt heart-sick to see the famished voracity with which her father ate—it was the first time he had tasted food for three days.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 84
    Synonyms:
    voraciousness

voracity meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

voracity in Tamil

பேருண்டி விருப்பம்

voracity in Urdu

آز, ہوکا, حرص, لالچ, طمع

voracity in Bengali

লোভী হওয়ার অবস্থা, লালসা, চরম পেটুকপনা

voracity in Malayalam

അത്യാർത്തി
More languagesFewer languages
voracity in Punjabi
ਹਾਬੜ hābaṛ
voracity in Tagalog
sibà

Synonyms of voracity

Forms of voracity

pluralvoracities

Origin of voracity

First attested in 1526 from Middle French voracité, from Latin vorācitās (whence -acity), from vorāx.

Words formed from voracity

Words that rhyme with voracity

Questions about voracity

What does voracity mean?
Voracity means the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
What is voracity in Tamil?
Voracity in Tamil is பேருண்டி விருப்பம். See Voracity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is voracity?
Voracity is a noun.
How do you pronounce voracity?
Voracity is pronounced /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of voracity?
The plural of voracity is voracities.

Words near voracity in the dictionary

  1. Vora
  2. voracious
  3. voraciously
  4. voraciousness
  5. voracities
  6. voracity
  7. voragines
  8. voraginous
  9. vorago
  10. voragoes
  11. voragos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: voracity (page history and authors); voracity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voracity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voracity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voracity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਹਾਬੜ (Punjabi) (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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