rapacious
- (also, figuratively) Voracious; avaricious.
- Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
- Subsisting off live prey.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
Etymology
Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”).
eagerly desirous
exceedingly hungry
acquisitive
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