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English
Etymology
Blend of carnivore + voracity?
Noun
carnivoracity (uncountable)
- (obsolete, humorous) greedy appetite for meat
- April 18, 1730, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Gay
- Mr. Cleland always speaks of you: he is at Tunbridge, wondering at the superior carnivoracity of our friend: he plays now with the old Duchess, nay dines with her, after she has won all his money
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