rapacity
ra·pa·ci·ty
rapacity · rapacities
жадібність, загребущість
Raubgier
The quality of being rapaciousThe quality of being rapacious; voracity.
/ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
Raubgier
жадібністьžadibnistʹ, загребущістьzahrebuščistʹ
More definitions
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- extreme gluttony
- (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
Translations
3 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
greed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
greed:
Origin
From rapac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French rapacité (whence -acity, from Latin rapācitās,From rapac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French rapacité (whence -acity, from Latin rapācitās, from rapāx, from rapiō (“snatch, grab, carry off”).
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Forms
plural: rapacities| Singular | rapacity |
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Synonyms
18 synonymsClose in meaning
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins):avaricegreedcovetousnessavaritia
- extreme gluttony:edacityesuriencerapaciousnessvoracityvoraciousness
- (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.:rapaciousnesspredaciousnesspredaceousness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedrapacious
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable