edacity

/di'dæsiti/

Thân thiện

A man displays edacity at the dinner table.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Extreme gluttony; an excessive and insatiable desire to eat: The state or quality of being voraciously and greedily hungry.

Usage

• Edacity is a formal, literary noun used to describe an intense, often animalistic, greed for food. It emphasizes not just hunger but an uncontrolled, ravenous appetite.

Examples

• The documentary highlighted the shocking edacity of the locust swarm, which consumed entire fields in minutes.
• His chronic edacity at the buffet table was a source of embarrassment for his family.
• In the novel, the monster's edacity was symbolic of its consuming, destructive nature.

Advanced Usage

• Used in figurative contexts: While primarily about eating, can be used metaphorically to describe an insatiable appetite for non-food items, such as power, information, or material possessions.
  • The corporation's edacity for market dominance knew no bounds.

Variants and Related Words

• Edacious (adj): Having the qualities of edacity; voracious.
  • The edacious reader finished the entire book series in a week.
• Voracity (n): A close synonym, meaning extreme hunger or greediness.

Synonyms

• Voracity: The quality of being eager to consume large amounts of food or something else.
• Ravenousness: The state of being extremely hungry.
• Gluttony: The habit or act of eating too much.
• Insatiability: The state of being impossible to satisfy.

Antonyms

• Abstemiousness: The quality of being moderate in eating and drinking.
• Temperance: Moderation or self-restraint, especially in eating and drinking.
• Satiety: The state of being full or gratified beyond desire.

Học thuật

Noun

1. extreme gluttony
2. excessive desire to eat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• esurience
• rapaciousness
• rapacity
• voracity
• voraciousness
• ravenousness