- predacity
- noun see predaceous
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
predacity
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predacity — dasəd.ē noun ( es) Etymology: from predacious, after such pairs as English rapacious : rapacity : the quality or state of being predacious a boy … with plenty of drive and predacity Max Lerner … Useful english dictionary
predacity — See predaciousness. * * * … Universalium
predacity — prɪ dæsÉ™tɪ n. urge to prey; predatory nature … English contemporary dictionary
predacity — pre·dac·i·ty … English syllables
predaceous — or predacious adjective Etymology: Latin praedari to prey upon (from praeda prey) + English aceous or acious (as in rapacious) more at prey Date: 1713 1. living by preying on other animals ; predatory 2. (usually predacious) tending to devour or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cloud Atlas — infobox Book | name = Cloud Atlas title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = David Mitchell cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Fiction publisher = Hodder and Stoughton release… … Wikipedia
predacious — predaciousness, predacity /pri das i tee/; esp. Biol., predaceousness, n. /pri day sheuhs/, adj. predatory; rapacious. Also, esp. Biol., predaceous. [1705 15; PRED(ATORY) + ACIOUS] * * * … Universalium
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looting — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… … Moby Thesaurus
pillaging — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… … Moby Thesaurus
