Word of the Day:
voracity
What It Means
Voracity in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
First attested in 1526 from Middle French voracité, from Latin vorācitās (whence -acity), from vorāx.
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