edacious

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti
Proto-Italic *edō
Latin edō
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks
Proto-Italic *-āks
Latin -āx
Latin edāx
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?
Old Latin -ōssus
Latin -iōsusbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Archaic Latin -os
Latin -(i)usbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -iusbor.
English -ious
English edacious

    From Latin edāx (“gluttonous; greedy”) + English -ious (adjectival suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɪˈdeɪʃəs/
    • Hyphenation: e‧da‧cious
    • Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

    Adjective

    edacious (comparative more edacious, superlative most edacious)

    1. (literary) Having an insatiable appetite; voracious; ravenous; piggish.
      Near-synonym: see also Thesaurus:voracious.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Anagrams

    This page is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.