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Noun: voraciousness  vu'rey-shus-nus
  1. Excessive desire to eat
    - edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity
     
  2. Extreme gluttony
    - edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity
     
  3. An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
    "the voraciousness of lawyers"
    - greediness, rapaciousness

Sounds like: veraciousness

Derived forms: voraciousnesses

See also: voracious

Type of: gluttony, hunger, hungriness, selfishness