esurient

/i'sjuəriənt/
Adjective
  1. devouring or craving food in great quantities
    • edacious vultures
    • a rapacious appetite
    • ravenous as wolves
    • voracious sharks
  2. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
    • avid for adventure
    • an avid ambition to succeed
    • fierce devouring affection
    • the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
    • greedy for fame
  3. extremely hungry
    • they were tired and famished for food and sleep
    • a ravenous boy
    • the family was starved and ragged
    • fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy

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The esurient child devoured the large slice of chocolate cake.