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RAPACITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms:
avarice; avaritia; covetousness; greed; rapacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rapacity" is a kind of...):
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
Derivation:
rapacious (excessively greedy and grasping)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extreme gluttony
Synonyms:
edacity; esurience; rapaciousness; rapacity; voraciousness; voracity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rapacity" is a kind of...):
gluttony (habitual eating to excess)
Derivation:
rapacious (devouring or craving food in great quantities)
