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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EDACIOUS

From Latin edāx voracious, from edere to eat.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EDACIOUS

edacious  [ɪˈdeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EDACIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Edacious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EDACIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of edacious in the English dictionary

The definition of edacious in the dictionary is devoted to eating; voracious; greedy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EDACIOUS


amaryllidaceous
ˌæməˌrɪlɪˈdeɪʃəs
asclepiadaceous
æˌskliːpɪəˈdeɪʃəs
audacious
ɔːˈdeɪʃəs
berberidaceous
ˌbɜːbərɪˈdeɪʃəs
bodacious
bəʊˈdeɪʃəs
capparidaceous
ˌkæpərɪˈdeɪʃəs
cycadaceous
ˌsaɪkəˈdeɪʃəs
hamamelidaceous
ˌhæməˌmiːlɪˈdeɪʃəs
iridaceous
ˌɪrɪˈdeɪʃəs
juglandaceous
ˌdʒuːɡlænˈdeɪʃəs
lardaceous
lɑːˈdeɪʃəs
lecythidaceous
ˌlɛsɪθɪˈdeɪʃəs
mendacious
mɛnˈdeɪʃəs
mordacious
mɔːˈdeɪʃəs
orchidaceous
ˌɔːkɪˈdeɪʃəs
predaceous
prɪˈdeɪʃəs
predacious
prɪˈdeɪʃəs
rudaceous
ruːˈdeɪʃəs
sapindaceous
ˌsæpɪnˈdeɪʃəs
xyridaceous
ˌzɪrɪˈdeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EDACIOUS

ed.
edaciously
edaciousness
edacity
Edam
edaphic
edaphically
edaphology
Edberg
EDC
Edda
Eddaic
Eddery
eddied
eddies
Eddington
Eddington limit
eddish
eddo
eddy

WORDS THAT END LIKE EDACIOUS

atrocious
auspicious
bootylicious
conscious
delicious
efficacious
ferocious
gracious
luscious
malicious
precious
previous
self-conscious
spacious
specious
subconscious
suspicious
tenacious
unconscious
vicious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of edacious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «edacious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EDACIOUS

Find out the translation of edacious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of edacious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «edacious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

edacious
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

edacious
570 millions of speakers

English

edacious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेटू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

edacious
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

edacious
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

edacious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আহারসঙক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

edacious
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Edacious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

edacious
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

edacious
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

edacious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Edacious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham ăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும் அவா உள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अडाणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edacious
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

edacious
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

edacious
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

edacious
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

edacious
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gulzig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

edacious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

edacious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of edacious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EDACIOUS»

The term «edacious» is used very little and occupies the 161.378 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EDACIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «edacious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «edacious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about edacious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDACIOUS»

Discover the use of edacious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to edacious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words to Make You Sound Intelligent
41 edacious /(i-dā'shəs)/ adjective • Eating; given to eating. Examples: After this Hugo, not contented with the tragedy of the edacious murderer, gives us seven pages of his favourite rhetoric in saccadé paragraphs on the general question.
Wordnik, 2011
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Billy Phelan's Greatest Game
In relating Billy's fall from the underworld grace and his storybook redemption, Kennedy captures the seamy underside of a brassy, sweaty city that would prefer to pretend that the Depression doesn't exist.
William Kennedy, 2011
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Greed: A Dictionary for the Selfish
eager eager (EE-ger) adjective: Having keen desire; wanting something very much. eagerness (EE-ger-ness) noun: The state of being eager. edacious (ih- DAY-shuss) adjective: Given to eating; devouring. The EDACIOUS young boy began to ...
Adams Media, 2011
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Vicious Vocabulary
A whimsical guide to improving one's vocabulary combines hilarious quotations and phrases, creative quizzes, and precise definitions to enhance readers' vocabulary with such impressibe words as obdurate, edacious, vulpine, and more.
Phil Eisenhower, 2003
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A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary
Eat. Edacious. Eat,. Or<p. tt.imp. ate. pp. eaten. [L. edo,. I eat.] To chew & swullow as food:>Hl3';VMj'; «y 4o. 2. To corrode as metal, by rust: •uu-J "$'— 1(^3'; >H«lltf w$; "SuKl >Hl|'. To e. one's word*: ^'tfft atiij; fnic-fR Wl *' ?'o e. out, to consume ...
N. R. Ranina, 2003
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Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Intellectuals: Synonyms, ...
“That HARPY Charlotte can't wait to get her claws into Bruce,” Nancy observed. AdjectiVes edacious (ih-DAY-shuss). Greedy, eager, and consumed with consumption. It's notfair to label Rosella EDACIOUS because she only wants the same ...
David Olsen, Michelle Bevilacqua, 2011
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English Pronouncing Dictionary
edacious - eelworm ... There are, however, exceptions, particularly in adjectival forms, including dogged /'dog .id © 'do: .gid/, and learned /'bi.nid® 'l3:r-/; see individual entries. edacious I'dei. fas, i:-, ed'ei- ©I'dei-, i:- Edam 'k.daem ® 'k.dsm,  ...
Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, James Hartman, 2006
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
... edacious, edacity. See EDIBLE. eddy (nhence v): ME ydy: ? ON itha, from ith, back, again (OE and OS ed,OFriset, Go id, OHGet(a), it(a)), ult akin to L et, and, Gr eti, moreover,again, and Sktati, beyond. edelweiss: GEdelweiss, '(a flower) nobly ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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The manuscripts of Erdély
still, do draw the breath of vital air in dreams, are sterile as the Turkische grange, * o'er which the carrion, and edacious bird t hath ta'en his viewless flight. Let us not draw the breath of vital air in dreams, but act." He paused, and then abruptly ...
George Stephens, 1835
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... ebony, inky, jet, jetty, pitch-black, pitch-dark, sable ravening adj syn VORACIOUS, edacious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous ravenous adj 1 syn VORACIOUS, edacious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravening 2 syn HUNGRY, famished, || peckish, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EDACIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term edacious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Will Intel's expensive push into programmable logic be a buck to far?
And lets not forget the omnipotent IoT market which is already a prolific consumer of FPGA technology and can only get even more edacious. «Electropages, Jun 15»
2
Heard on the Street
... Network who also has a podcast, as I create my own interviews for my new food-centric podcast, Edacious — Food Talk for Gluttons. «Backchannel, Jun 15»
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Brandon Rios “It's a dangerous fight for Canelo, Kirkland can crack"
... who happens to attack each of his foes in edacious fashion, constantly punching. Rios feels that even though Canelo is coming into this bout ... «thaboxingvoice, Apr 15»
4
Christin Baker: Challenging gender inequality in film
Cable, the Internet and social networks have created an edacious and seemingly unquenchable thirst for content available around the clock for ... «LGBT Weekly, Apr 15»
5
'Welcome to the family'
But this isn't your mama's green bean casserole potluck: The ambience is one of edacious conviviality as the chairs fill one by one with ... «Connect Savannah.com, Aug 14»
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Kicking Grass: Now in its 10th year, Hops for Habitat at Aurora …
... Brewing Company, one may be hard-pressed to find an excuse to skip out on a chance to be edacious and eco-friendly at the same time. «Aurora Sentinel, Jul 14»
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Tessa Edwards collection presentation | LFW A/W 2014
We look forward to seeing how this very valid point develops to a wider audience of inadvertently edacious consumers. Jovaneca Jean-Gilles «The Upcoming, Feb 14»
8
The Best Educational Formula For The African (l)
Instead, they directed their edacious preferences toward pizza, McDonald's, the usual outdoor American staples, in their friends' presence. «GhanaWeb, Dec 13»
9
Trust but verify: Watchwords when using broker research
In September 2008, Lehman declared bankruptcy; edacious banks pulled nearly $150 billion from money-market funds, and the market nearly ... «Jerusalem Post, Oct 13»
10
The Alphabetical, Week 4: Shoot that weekend into a sun (not our sun)
Edacious. Gluttony, as in the kind where you still see a 12th game, take it despite the low quality, and eat it no matter what it contains or how ... «SB Nation, Sep 13»

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