- rapaciousness
- noun see rapacious
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rapaciousness
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rapaciousness — index desire, extortion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rapaciousness — rapacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ aggressively greedy. DERIVATIVES rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun rapacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin rapax, from rapere to snatch … English terms dictionary
Rapaciousness — Rapacious Ra*pa cious (r[.a]*p[=a] sh[u^]s), a. [L. rapax, acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See {Rapid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. The downfall of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rapaciousness — See rapaciously. * * * … Universalium
rapaciousness — noun The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony … Wiktionary
rapaciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, edacity, omnivorousness, rapacity, rav enousness, voracity. See DESIRE … English dictionary for students
rapaciousness — ra pa·cious·ness· || rÉ™ peɪʃəsnɪs n. greediness, covetousness, selfishness; predaciousness, quality of hunting other creatures for food … English contemporary dictionary
rapaciousness — ra·pa·cious·ness … English syllables
rapaciousness — See: rapacious … English dictionary
rapaciousness — noun 1. extreme gluttony • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑rapacity, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
