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rapaciousness n. 强夺;贪婪 强夺;贪婪 rapaciousness n 1: extreme gluttony [ synonym: { edacity}, { esurience}, { rapaciousness}, { rapacity}, { voracity}, { voraciousness}] 2: an excessive desire for wealth ( usually in large amounts); " the greediness of lawyers" [ synonym: { greediness}, { voraciousness}, { rapaciousness}] Rapacious \ Ra* pa" cious\ ( r[. a]* p[= a]" sh[ u^] s), a. [ L. rapax, - acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See { Rapid}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." -- Motley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [ 1913 Webster] [ Thy Lord] redeem thee quite from Death' s rapacious claim -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Ra* pa" cious* ly}, adv. -- { Ra* pa" cious* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
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