10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDACITY»
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edacity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
edacity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gilded Tongue: Overly Eloquent Words for Everyday Things
EDACITY (ee-DAS-i-tee) : n. from Latin edacitas, from edac-, edax, from edm (to
eat): the quality or state of being voracious; extraordinarily hungry. The
tremendous wrestler Andre the Giant was known for his edacity.
ELEUTHEROPHILIST ...
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A Primary Dictionary of the English Language
EACH. EDACITY. EACH (5ch), a. t fro*. Either of two or more ; every one
separately. F:A'« IJK, a. Keenly desirous ; ardent. SA'CER-LY, ad. Ardently ;
keenly. £A'GLE(5'gl),7i.Abird f? of prey: — a military standard : — » gold coin. SA'
GLET ...
Joseph Emerson Worcester, 1871
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Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern: ...
69, 70, he taxes Jerome with accusing the monks of edacity, and goes on to say: "
I perceive that he refers rather to the oriental monks, than to the occidental: for
edacity in the Greeks [and orientals,] is gluttony ; in the Gaule it it nature.
Johann Lorenz Mosheim, 1841
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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 ...
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Observations on the Influence of Religion Upon the Health ...
But let that Cyrenian [monk] content himself with such a dinner, since it is his
necessity or nature to go hungry. We, as I have often told you, are Gauls." In the
same dialogue, cap. 4, p. 69, 70, he taxes Jerome with accusing the monks of
edacity, ...
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Institutes of ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern. A ...
69, 70, he taxes Jerome with accusing the monks of edacity, and goes on to say :
" I pereeive that he refers rather to the oriental monks, than to the occidental : for
edacity in the Greeks [and orientals] is gluttony ; in the Gauls it is nature.
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, Henry Soames, 1850
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Mosheim's Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and ...
In the same dialogue, cap. iv. pages 69, 70, he taxes Jerome with accusing the
monks of edacity, and goes on to say, " I perceive that he refers rather to the
oriental monks than to the occidental; for edacity In the Greeks [and orientals] Is ...
Johann Lorenz Mosheim, 1867
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American Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book
... Stone 1011903- Cow-STONE'S MARY JANE Feb 21 1947; Bar of G.V. 5th
679957; Jane S. 8th 635125; Cicero A. Stone 1011904- Cow-STONE'S DELLA
LEE Feb 25 1947; Bar of G.V. 5th 679957; Edacity Dell S. 6th 853156; Cicero A.
Stone ...
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Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... meanness, miserliness, parsimony, passion, rapacity, ravenousness,
selfishness, venality, voraciousness, voracity, yearning greed for gain avarice,
cupidity greed for wealth avarice greediness 323 Greek oracle greediness desire
, edacity, ...
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The Cabinet dictionary of the English language
EDACITY EFFECTIVELY Edacity, (e-das'e-te) n. Tendency to or habit of eating
largely; gluttony; greediness; voracity; rapacity. Eddy, (ed'e) n. [A.-H. ed,
backward, and en, miming water.] A current of air or water miming back, or in a
direction ...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EDACITY»
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edacity is used in the context of the following news items.
Kogi, 2016: Power Shift or Credible Leadership?
This instinctual edacity and natural desire to hold on to power have continued to be an old-fashioned of man. But there must be a balancing ... «Eagle Reporters, Jun 15»
2015: Corruption And Tenacity Of Power
Power has the instinctual edacity, gourmandising and ambrosial trait of insatiety in the life of its holder. In Homer's Odyssey the Lothophagis, ... «Nigerian Observer, Sep 14»
Delta 2015: Power Shift Or Credible Leadership?
This instinctual edacity and natural desire to hold on to power has continued to be a troglodyte and Paleolithic idiosyncrasy of man. But there ... «Nigerian Observer, Feb 14»
2015, Corruption: Jonathan And The Tenacity Of Power
Power has the instinctual edacity, gourmandising and ambrosial trait of insatiety in the life of its holder. In Homer's Odyssey the Lothophagis, ... «Nigerian Observer, Dec 13»
How International Banks Enable Drug Trade
The overwhelming edacity for big paydays will quell, forcing bankers to play by the rules. In 2008, Tim Geithner argued “Old Testament Justice” ... «Arutz Sheva, Aug 13»
Trades Alberta: Competition for rural high school students raises …
EDMONTON - At the inaugural Edacity Xtreme Challenge last October, teams of high school students spent a Saturday racing around college ... «Edmonton Journal, Jan 13»
Poetry, Faith And The Muslim Soul
... in mist/shrouded confuse me ... the noon-heat edacity/of the seraglio lifts/the veil and I see the/squalor of pavement-domesticity ... the harlot/of ... «Huffington Post, Feb 11»
What child beggars in India taught me about Thanksgiving
No guide book had adequately prepared us for the edacity of India's street peddlers. Vendors hawked everything imaginable right in the middle ... «Christian Science Monitor, Nov 09»
Reading & Leeds Preview: The XX And The Sound Of Now
Budget cuts, media edacity and attention deficit in the information age have nigh-on made this kind of approach to new music obsolete: The XX ... «The Quietus, Aug 09»
