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rapacious

English

Etymology

Perhaps from rapacity +? -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rap?x (“grasping, greedy”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /???pe?.??s/
  • Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

rapacious (comparative more rapacious, superlative most rapacious)

  1. (also figuratively) Voracious; avaricious.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:greedy
  2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
  3. (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.

Usage notes

  • The use of this term for animals other than birds is dated.

Related terms

  • rapaciously
  • rapaciousness
  • rapacity

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griping

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?p??

Verb

griping

  1. present participle of gripe

Noun

griping (plural gripings)

  1. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.
    • 1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology
      The gripings are always severe, and a sort of painful descent of the bowels accompanies every evacuation.

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