Definitions for voracity

voracity vo·rac·i·ty

Spelling: [vaw-ras-i-tee, voh-, vuh-]
IPA: /vɔˈræs ɪ ti, voʊ-, və-/

Voracity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in voracity (aciortvy).

Definitions for voracity

noun

  1. the condition or quality of being voracious.

Origin of voracity

1520-30; Latin vorācitās, equivalent to vorāc- (stem of vorāx) gluttonous + -itās -ity

Examples for voracity

He preys only on the smallest quadrupeds, and with all his voracity he is an arrant poltroon.

This voracity must be peculiar to the inhabitants of cold countries, said Altamont.

Their ferocity, as well as their voracity, surpasses anything that can be imagined.

Their voracity is useful for the preservation of the social organism.

Numerous accounts have been given of the voracity of the pike.

A candle of yellow wax illuminated this scene of voracity and revery.

These she produced likewise; and he ate and drank with the voracity of a famished hound.

Indeed, our means of taking them were as simple as their voracity was great.

Its boldness and voracity, and craving for blood, are more remarkable than its size.

With some of them this voracity went so far that we had to chain them.

Word Value for voracity
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16

Words with friends

17

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