"voracity" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-voracity.wav Forms: voracities [plural]
Etymology: From vorac(ious) + -ity, 14th c., from Middle French voracité, from Latin voracitas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|voracious|ity|alt1=vorac(ious)}} vorac(ious) + -ity, {{der|en|frm|voracité}} Middle French voracité, {{der|en|la|voracitas}} Latin voracitas Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} voracity (usually uncountable, plural voracities)
  1. the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state of being voracious): лакоми́я (lakomíja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ненаси́тност (nenasítnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), voracitat [feminine] (Catalan), voracité [feminine] (French), voracidade [feminine] (Galician), გაუმაძღრობა (gaumaʒɣroba) (Georgian), airc [feminine] (Irish), ampla [masculine] (Irish), gionach [feminine] (Irish), voracità [feminine] (Italian), ашкөздік (aşközdık) (Kazakh), avāritia [feminine] (Latin), стрв (strv) [feminine] (Macedonian), voracidade [feminine] (Portuguese), ненасы́тность (nenasýtnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), прожо́рливость (prožórlivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), voracidad [feminine] (Spanish), sibà (Tagalog)

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