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rapacious.

Voracious; avaricious.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/UK, US
  1. Voracious; avaricious.

    also · figuratively
  2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.

  3. Subsisting off live prey.

Where this word comes from

Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”) + -acious.

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