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23-11-2002, 21:37
Word of the Day for Saturday November 23, 2002
edacious \i-DAY-shus\, adjective:
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time.
--Thomas Carlyle
[S]omething that... will dismay edacious lips.
--"The late showman," [1]Independent, August 21, 1999
Our... high-toned irritability, edacious appetites, and
pampered constitutions.
--Isaac Taylor, Natural History of Enthusiasm
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Edacious is from Latin edax, edac-, gluttonous, consuming,
from edo, edere, to eat.
edacious \i-DAY-shus\, adjective:
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time.
--Thomas Carlyle
[S]omething that... will dismay edacious lips.
--"The late showman," [1]Independent, August 21, 1999
Our... high-toned irritability, edacious appetites, and
pampered constitutions.
--Isaac Taylor, Natural History of Enthusiasm
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Edacious is from Latin edax, edac-, gluttonous, consuming,
from edo, edere, to eat.