voracityn.

Brit.

/vəˈrasᵻti/, U.S.

/vəˈræsədi/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s voracite, voracitie.

Etymology: < French voracité (14th cent., = Italian voracità , Spanish voracidad , Portuguese -idade ), or < Latin vorācitas , < vorāci- , vorax : see voracious adj. and -ity suffix.

a. The quality or character of being voracious; greediness in eating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > greediness or voracity

yevernesseOE

greediness1426

wantonness1448

voracity1526

ravenousness1564

gulf1566

wolf1576

swallow1592

canine appetite1609

ravenage1673

polyphagia1693

voraciousness1710

hyperphagia1941

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. GGiii Voracite or gredinesse in eatyng,..saithe. O, howe hungry I am.

1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers F iij What though you cloath your selues in simplicitie of Doues, and your inwarde habite be worse then the voracite of Wolues.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 18 Those that with the rarities of the earth do pamper their voracities.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 241 No people in the world have better stomacks, drinke more, or more affect voracity.

1652 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Hist. Relations Flanders 64 This Army is like a great Animall which lives in continual voracity.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 399 The animal's voracity is greater than its feelings, and it never seizes without bringing down its prey.

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 6 To me it appears much more probable, that..fishes have intervals more or less extended of fasting, after which they eat with great voracity.

1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xvi. 164 Innumerable Anecdotes have been related regarding the voracity of this fish [the pike].

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxvi. 254 Who is that extremely stout personage..who is devouring his dainties with such brutal voracity?

b. transferred and figurative. Also const. of.

ΚΠ

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 47 What a Nature is that which feedeth the most greedie voracitie in the whole world [sc. that of fire] without losse of it selfe?

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 274 In Iberia also and Armenia they entred with no lesse voracity.

1664 H. More Apol. 496 The fierceness and voracity of what we ordinarily call Fire.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 61 The voracity of time..has left nothing but a few Foundations remaining.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 112 Pope's voracity of fame taught him the art of obtaining the accumulated honour both of what he had published, and of what he had suppressed.

1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 103 The eating quality of debt does not relax its voracity.

1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 231 Afflicting other souls..with ministration to its voracity of trifles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	voracity
释义	voracityn. Brit. /vəˈrasᵻti/, U.S. /vəˈræsədi/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s voracite, voracitie. Etymology: < French voracité (14th cent., = Italian voracità , Spanish voracidad , Portuguese -idade ), or < Latin vorācitas , < vorāci- , vorax : see voracious adj. and -ity suffix. a. The quality or character of being voracious; greediness in eating. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > greediness or voracity yevernesseOE greediness1426 wantonness1448 voracity1526 ravenousness1564 gulf1566 wolf1576 swallow1592 canine appetite1609 ravenage1673 polyphagia1693 voraciousness1710 hyperphagia1941 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. GGiii Voracite or gredinesse in eatyng,..saithe. O, howe hungry I am. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers F iij What though you cloath your selues in simplicitie of Doues, and your inwarde habite be worse then the voracite of Wolues. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 18 Those that with the rarities of the earth do pamper their voracities. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 241 No people in the world have better stomacks, drinke more, or more affect voracity. 1652 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Hist. Relations Flanders 64 This Army is like a great Animall which lives in continual voracity. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 399 The animal's voracity is greater than its feelings, and it never seizes without bringing down its prey. 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 6 To me it appears much more probable, that..fishes have intervals more or less extended of fasting, after which they eat with great voracity. 1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xvi. 164 Innumerable Anecdotes have been related regarding the voracity of this fish [the pike]. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxvi. 254 Who is that extremely stout personage..who is devouring his dainties with such brutal voracity? b. transferred and figurative. Also const. of. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 47 What a Nature is that which feedeth the most greedie voracitie in the whole world [sc. that of fire] without losse of it selfe? 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 274 In Iberia also and Armenia they entred with no lesse voracity. 1664 H. More Apol. 496 The fierceness and voracity of what we ordinarily call Fire. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 61 The voracity of time..has left nothing but a few Foundations remaining. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 112 Pope's voracity of fame taught him the art of obtaining the accumulated honour both of what he had published, and of what he had suppressed. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 103 The eating quality of debt does not relax its voracity. 1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 231 Afflicting other souls..with ministration to its voracity of trifles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526
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