edacious
edacious — adjective
- edaciouspositive
- more edaciouscomparative
- most edacioussuperlative
1. having an extremely strong hunger for food, or an intense eagerness to consume o
having an extremely strong hunger for food, or an intense eagerness to consume or take in large amounts of something
After three days of hiking, the group had an edacious appetite and cleared every plate.
attributive use: edacious + appetite
Kwame was so edacious that he ate two whole pizzas before anyone finished a slice.
predicative use: be + edacious
The stray cats fought with edacious hunger over the fish scraps the sellers had left behind.
Elena was an edacious reader who devoured three novels during the six-hour flight.
Mei-Lin had an edacious desire to master watercolour, painting eight hours a day and filling three sketchbooks per week.
- ravenous
The everyday synonym; implies extreme hunger without the formal or greedy tone of 'edacious'
- insatiable
Emphasises that the hunger or desire cannot be satisfied, regardless of how much one eats
- voracious
Closest in register to 'edacious'; also formal, but slightly more common in writing
- sated
Feeling that one has had enough food; the opposite of wanting more
- indifferent
Having little or no interest in food
文法句型
edacious + noun
be + edacious
用法筆記
A very formal and literary word. In everyday conversation, speakers almost always use hungry, ravenous, or starving instead. Edacious carries a tone of almost greedy or uncontrolled desire.