Edacious

/ɪˈdeɪʃəs/ adjective

Definition

Voracious, consuming things greedily or rapidly; having a huge appetite.

Etymology

From Latin edacious (prone to eating) from edere (to eat). The root edere is the same source for the English word 'edible,' literally meaning 'eatable or inclined to eat.'

Kelly Says

The word 'edacious' is so old-fashioned that it's almost disappeared from English, but it perfectly describes creatures like locusts or termites that literally eat everything in their path—nature's ultimate eating machines!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አስተማሪ
astemarī
ARالعربية
جشع
ǧašaʿ
BNবাংলা
লোভী
lobhī
CACatalà
voraciós
buɾaˈsiɔs
CSČeština
žravý
ʒraːviː
DADansk
glub
ɡlʊb
DEDeutsch
gierig
ˈɡiːʁɪç
ELΕλληνικά
λαίμαργος
lɛˈimarɣos
ESEspañol
voraz
boˈɾaθ
FAفارسی
طمعکار
ṭamaʿkār
FISuomi
ahne
ɑhne
FRFrançais
vorace
vɔʁas
GUGU
લોભી
lobhī
HAHA
eksema
ɛkˈsɛma
HEעברית
תאוותני
taʾavatni
HIहिन्दी
लालची
lālachī
HUMagyar
falánk
fɒlaːŋk
IDBahasa Indonesia
rakus
raˈkʊs
IGIG
eksema
ɛkˈsɛma
ITItaliano
vorace
voˈraːtʃe
JA日本語
貪欲
dōyoku
KKKK
жадный
ʒadnɨj
KMKM
អេសេម៉ា
aeksiema
KO한국어
탐욕
tam-yok
MRMR
लोभी
lobhī
MSBahasa Melayu
rakus
raˈkʊs
MYမြန်မာ
လိုအပ်ခြင်း
lòʊʔaʔ hkrɔ̃
NLNederlands
vorst
vɔrst
NONorsk
glup
ɡlʉːp
PAPA
ਲਾਲਚੀ
lālachī
PLPolski
chciwy
ˈxt͡ɕivɨ
PTPortuguês
voraz
voˈɾaʃ
RORomână
voraț
voˈraʦ
RUРусский
жадный
ʐadˈnɨj
SVSvenska
glup
ɡlʉːp
SWKiswahili
eksema
ɛkˈsɛma
TAதமிழ்
பேராசை
pērācai
TEతెలుగు
దురాశ
durāśa
THไทย
ตะกละ
tàklà
TLTL
mataas ang pangangailangan
mɑˈtaːʔas ɑŋ pɑŋɑŋɡɑˈɪlɑn
TRTürkçe
obur
oˈbur
UKУкраїнська
жадний
ʒadˈnɪj
URاردو
لالچی
lālachī
VITiếng Việt
tham lam
tʰam lam
YOYO
eksema
ɛkˈsɛma
ZH中文
贪婪
tān lán
ZUZU
eksema
ɛkˈsɛma

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