Meaning of Rapacity | Babel Free
ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.tiDefinitions
The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
countable, uncountable
Equivalents
العربية
الجشع
Български
алчност
Ελληνικά
αρπακτικότητα
Suomi
saaliinhimo
Français
rapacité
Polski
zachłanność
Română
rapacitate
Українська
жадібність
Examples
“Animals of the hare kind, like all others that feed entirely upon vegetables, are inoffenſive and timorous. As Nature furniſhes them vvith a moſt abundant ſupply, they have not that rapacity after food remarkable in ſuch as are often ſtinted in their proviſion.”
“A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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