edacity

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/ɪˈdæsəti/

noun

The state of being edacious; huge capacity for eating; greediness; voracity; rapacity.

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OriginLatin edācitās →
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Meanings

nounedacity (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe state of being edacious; huge capacity for eating; greediness; voracity; rapacity.

    It is true, that the wolf is a beast of great edacity and digestion […]

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
    1 more example

    [I]f thou have any vendible faculty, nay if thou have but edacity and loquacity, come!

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounexcessive desire to eat

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esurienceravenousnessvoracityvoraciousness
Broader
hungerhungriness

nounextreme gluttony

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esuriencerapaciousnessrapacityvoracityvoraciousness
Broader
gluttony
Also see
esuriencerapaciousnessrapacityravenousnessvoraciousnessvoracity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinedācitās
  2. Englishedacity

From Latin edācitās (whence -acity), from edāx, from edō (“eat”).

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APA

edacity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edacity

MLA

“edacity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edacity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edacity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edacity.

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