carnivoracity

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noun

greedy appetite for meat

OriginLatin caro, carnis →
Scrabble 23
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Meanings

nouncarnivoracity (uncountable)
  1. humorousobsoleteuncountablegreedy appetite for meat

    April 18, 1730, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Gay Mr. Cleland always speaks of you: he is at Tunbridge, wondering at the superior carnivoracity of our friend: he plays now with the old Duchess, nay dines with her, after she has won all his money

Origin

  1. Latincaro, carnis“flesh, meat”
  2. Englishcarnivoracity

From oblique stem of Latin caro, carnis (“flesh, meat”) + -i- + voracity.

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Chicago

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