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; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]