Word:
Edacious
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Of or relating to eating.
Sentences:
1) My edacious dining companion can always be counted for the largest-- and most expensive-- item on the menu.
2) She has a rather edacious appetite.
Origin:
Latin edac-, edax, from edere which means 'to eat'.
First use:
circa 1798
Synonyms:
voracious, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish
Antonyms:
abstemious, temperate.
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