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Word of the Day for Friday March 31, 2006
edacious \ih-DAY-shuhs\, adjective: Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. -- Thomas Carlyle
[S]omething that... will dismay edacious lips. -- "The late showman," [1]Independent, August 21, 1999
Our... high-toned irritability, edacious appetites, and pampered constitutions. -- Isaac Taylor, Natural History of Enthusiasm _________________________________________________________
Edacious is from Latin edax, edac-, "gluttonous, consuming," from edere, "to eat."
References
1. http://www.independent.co.uk/
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