vulturishadj.
/ˈvʌltʃ(ᵿ)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈvəltʃ(ə)rɪʃ/ Somewhat vulture-like.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious
ravenousc1425
rapinous1484
ravening1548
rapacious1572
scambling1600
large-handeda1616
tenter-hooking1615
vulturizing1650
vulturian1659
leech-like1682
vulturine1721
vulturish1826
vulturous1843
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective] > of or relating to a vulture > belonging to or like a vulture
vulturine1647
vulturish1826
1826 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 435 That the majority of the flock thought it essentially vulturish to exclude one third of their numbers from the blood and entrails.
1841 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 245 Of temper most accipitral, hawkish, aquiline, not to say vulturish.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvii. 178 Valiant Wisdom..escorted by owl-eyed Pedantry, by owlish and vulturish and many other forms of Folly.
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