Edacious: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Edacious adjective. Greedy; given to eating a great deal.
How to say it
ih-DAY-shus/ɪˈdeɪʃəs/
3 syllables, stressed on the second (DAY).
Edacious in a sentence
The edacious caterpillars stripped the cabbages bare in a week.
Time is edacious, the poets say, and swallows everything in the end.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- voracious
- greedy
- gluttonous
Opposite:
Where edacious comes from
From Latin edax, greedy, from edere, to eat.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Time is _____, the poets say, and swallows everything in the end.
- insipid
- edacious
- ambrosial
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edacious: Time is edacious, the poets say, and swallows everything in the end.