vo ‧ ra ‧ cious /vəˈreɪʃəs, vɒ- $ vɔː-, və-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: vorax , from vorare ; ⇨ ↑ devour ]
1 . eating or wanting large quantities of food:
Pigs are voracious feeders.
Kids can have voracious appetites.
2 . having an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something:
a voracious reader
Her appetite for information was voracious.
—voraciously adverb :
Anne has always read voraciously.
—voracity /-ˈræsəti, -ˈræsɪti/ noun [uncountable]