— rapaciously , adv. — rapacity /reuh pas"i tee/ , rapaciousness , n.
/reuh pay"sheuhs/ , adj.
1. given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
3. (of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.
[ 1645-55; rapaci- (s. of rapax greedy, akin to rapere to seize; see RAPE 1 ) + -OUS ]
Syn. 2. ravenous, voracious, grasping; preying. See avaricious .
Ant. 2. generous.