ravenous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RAV'ENOUS, adjective 1. Furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; devouring with rapacious eagerness; as a ravenous wolf, lion or vulture. 2. Eager for prey or gratification; as ravenous appetite or desire.
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