Voracious
(adjective)
- Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous.
- Having a huge and consuming appetite; ravenous.
Origin:
From latin vorax, vorac-, from vorare "to devour".
Examples:
- He was a voracious reader and would often stay up all night to finish a book.
- She had a voracious appetite and would eat three large meals a day.
- The company was voracious in its acquisition of smaller competitors.
- He had a voracious thirst for knowledge and spent all his free time studying.
- The predator was voracious, devouring everything in its path.