a. [ L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to devour; akin to Gr. &unr_; meat, food, &unr_; to devour, Skr. gar. Cf. Devour. ] Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious;
n. [ L. voracitas: cf. F. voracité. ] The quality of being voracious; voraciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. voraginosus, fr. vorago an abyss, fr. vorare to swallow up. ] Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring. [ R. ] Mallet. [ 1913 Webster ]