Associations to the word «Voracious»

Wiktionary

VORACIOUS, adjective. Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
VORACIOUS, adjective. Having a great appetite for anything (e.g., a voracious reader).

Dictionary definition

VORACIOUS, adjective. Excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments".
VORACIOUS, adjective. Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats