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Rapaciousness

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony uncountable

    "2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text THE VULTURE MAY be the most maligned bird on the planet, a living metaphor for greed and rapaciousness."

  2. 2
    an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) wordnet
  3. 3
    extreme gluttony wordnet
  4. 4
    (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. wordnet

Etymology

From rapacious + -ness.

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