Rapacity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rapacity is a noun meaning The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
Meaning
The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
Example Sentences
A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.
Animals of the hare kind, like all others that feed entirely upon vegetables, are inoffenſive and timorous. As Nature furniſhes them vvith a moſt abundant ſupply, they have not that rapacity after food remarkable in ſuch as are often ſtinted in their proviſion.
Word Forms
- rapacities
Synonyms for rapacity
Depending on context, synonyms include avarice, covetise, covetousness, cupidity, gluttony, greed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity, edacity, esurience, avarice.
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