Английский Этимологический словарь - voracious
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~ adj 1 eating or wanting large quantities of food (Pigs are voracious feeders. | a voracious appetite) (Kids can have voracious appetites.) 2 extremely eager to read books, gain knowledge etc (a voracious reader) - voraciously adv - voraciousness n - voracity n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something. (LITERARY) Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector. ...the band’s voracious appetite for fun. = insatiable ADJ: usu ADJ n • voraciously He read voraciously. ADV ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Latin vorac-, vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English acweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibroskein to devour Date: 1635 1. having a huge appetite ; ravenous 2. excessively eager ; insatiable a ~ reader • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, gluttonous, ravenous, rapacious mean excessively greedy. ~ applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink teenagers are often ~ eaters. gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety an admiral who was gluttonous for glory. ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion. rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 greedy in eating, ravenous. 2 very eager in some activity (a voracious reader). Derivatives voraciously adv. voraciousness n. voracity n. Etymology: L vorax f. vorare devour VOROUS comb. form forming adjectives meaning 'feeding on' (carnivorous). Derivatives -vora comb. form forming names of groups. -vore comb. form forming names of individuals. Etymology: L -vorus f. vorare devour ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. прожорливый; жадный, ненасытный voracious sharks —- прожорливые акулы voracious eater —- обжора voracious of smth. —- с жадностью пожирающий или поглощающий что-л. voracious appetite —- волчий аппетит voracious reader —- человек, читающий запоем (поглощающий массу книг), ненасытный читатель ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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