ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2013-11-19 04:47 am

Word of the Day 11/19/13

Edacity (noun)
e·dac·i·ty [ih-das-i-tee]


noun
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.

Origin: 1620–30; < Latin edācitās, equivalent to edāci- (stem of edāx ) gluttonous, equivalent to ed- eat + -āci- adj. suffix + -tās -ty2

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