edacious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈdeɪʃəs/ UK /ɪˈdeɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having a huge appetite; voracious or devouring

Time is edacious, consuming even the proudest monuments.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having a huge appetite;... voracious ravenous gluttonous insatiable greedydevouring

Opposites

abstemious temperate satiated

Word family

Derived forms edaciouslyedacity

Related forms edible esculent

Simplified etymology

Edacious dates from the early 19th century and is a rare word meaning “greedy.” It comes from the ancient root shared by Old English eat and Latin edere, “to eat.”

Etymology

From Latin edāx (genitive edācis, 'gluttonous, devouring'), from edere ('to eat'), + the English suffix -ous.

edāx Latin edere Latin *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# edacious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈdeɪʃəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈdeɪʃəs/

## Meanings
1. having a huge appetite; voracious or devouring

## Examples
- Time is edacious, consuming even the proudest monuments.

## Synonyms
- voracious
- ravenous
- gluttonous
- insatiable
- greedy
- devouring

## Antonyms
- abstemious
- temperate
- satiated

## Derived Forms
- edaciously
- edacity

## Related Forms
- edible
- esculent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: edāx
- Root: edere
- Root: *h₁ed-

## Etymology
From Latin edāx (genitive edācis, 'gluttonous, devouring'), from edere ('to eat'), + the English suffix -ous.

## AI Etymology
Edacious is from Latin edāx (genitive edācis, 'gluttonous, devouring'), from edere ('to eat'), + the English suffix -ous. Important recorded forms include edāx (Latin), edere (Latin), and *h₁ed- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers having a huge appetite; voracious or devouring. The wider family includes derived forms such as edaciously and edacity and related words such as edible and esculent.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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