edacious
/ɪˈdeɪʃəs/
ADJECTIVE
1. Having an insatiable appetite
Having an extremely strong appetite or an excessive desire for food; voracious, ravenous, or gluttonous.
1.1. Voracious appetite and hunger
Describing someone or something that is extremely hungry, has an unusually strong appetite, or consumes food eagerly and in large quantities.
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- The edacious appetite of the giant panda is renowned, as it consumes large quantities of bamboo each day.
- After the long hike, the hikers returned with edacious appetites and devoured their hearty meal.
- The competitive eater's edacious appetite astonished the crowd.
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1.2. Excessive or greedy consumption
Describing a person or creature that consumes food voraciously, greedily, or with little restraint, often eating much more than necessary.
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- The children displayed edacious behavior at the picnic, quickly consuming all the sandwiches and snacks.
- The edacious feeding habits of the insects threatened the crops.
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- gorging
- gulping
- hoggish
- piggish
- swinish
- surfeiting
- wolfish