voracity

Definitions

vor (devour) + -ity (state, quality) = 'the state of devouring' — the noun naming the quality that voracious describes. Like its adjective, it works for food and, more often in writing, for any greedy hunger: a voracity for power or knowledge.

Common Collocations

• 1.voracity for knowledge对知识的渴求
• 2.voracity for power对权力的贪欲
• 3.with voracity贪婪地

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He read with a voracity that left no book on the shelf untouched.

• 2.

  The startup pursued growth with an almost frightening voracity.