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Ravenous

//ˈɹævənəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Very hungry.

    "The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it."

  2. 2
    Greedy, characterized by strong desires.

    "Supply-and-demand? One begins to be weary of such work. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: — it is the Gospel of Despair!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    devouring or craving food in great quantities wordnet
  2. 2
    extremely hungry wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English ravenous, ravynous, from Old French ravineus.

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