voracious

Universal Words adjective (written) 1 eating or wanting large amounts of food: a voracious eater * to have a voracious appetite 2 wanting a lot of new information and knowledge: a voracious reader * a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts voraciously adverb: Some animals feed voraciously in summer and hibernate in winter. * Ever since her childhood she had read voraciously. voracity noun [C,U] (formal)