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Webster 1828 Edition


Rapaciousness

RAPA'CIOUSNESS

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Noun.
The quality of being rapacious; disposition to plunder or to exact by oppression.

Definition 2024


rapaciousness

rapaciousness

English

Noun

rapaciousness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony
    • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)
      THE VULTURE MAY be the most maligned bird on the planet, a living metaphor for greed and rapaciousness.