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单词 rapaciousness
释义 raˈpaciousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being rapacious; rapacity. Now rare (freq. in 18th c.).
1659Gentl. Calling iv. §27 He that hath the rapaciousness of a wolf.1711Addison Spect. No. 55 ⁋2 Raising fresh Supplies of Money, by all the Methods of Rapaciousness and Corruption.1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xviii. II. 77 The opposite yet reconcileable vices of rapaciousness and prodigality.1829Southey Sir T. More (1831) II. 34 Its wealth exposes it to envy and rapaciousness.
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