Word of the Day edacious

edacious \i-DAY-shus\, adjective:Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

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  Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time.-- Thomas Carlyle
• [S]omething that... will dismay edacious lips.-- "The late showman", Independent, August 21, 1999
• Our... high-toned irritability, edacious appetites, and pampered constitutions.-- Isaac Taylor, Natural History of Enthusiasm

Edacious is from Latin edax, edac-, gluttonous, consuming, from edo, edere, to eat.