edacity

edacity
/i das"i tee/, n.
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
[1620-30; < L edacitas, equiv. to edaci- (s. of edax) gluttonous, equiv. to ed- EAT + -aci- adj. suffix + -tas -TY2]

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