edacious

[ ih-dey-shuh s ]

/ ɪˈdeɪ ʃəs /

devouring; voracious; consuming.

Origin of edacious

First recorded in 1810–20; edaci(ty) + -ous

un·e·da·cious, adjective un·e·da·cious·ly, adverb

ed.d., ed.m., ed.s., ed50, eda, edacious, edacity, edam, edamame, edaphic, edaphic climax

And that he became audacious, edacious, and loquacious, is evident from such wit and flippancy as he here likes to display.

The Book of Khalid |Ameen Rihani
Thus Time rolls on in its many-colored manner, edacious and feracious.

History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
These words Hyndford listened to with an edacious solid countenance, and greedily took them down.

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle

edacious

/ (ɪˈdeɪʃəs) /

mainly jocular devoted to eating; voracious; greedy

edaciously, adverb edacity (ɪˈdæsɪtɪ) or edaciousness, noun

C19: from Latin edāx voracious, from edere to eat