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rapacity

Pronunciation: /ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/

The English word “rapacity” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The quality of being rapacious; voracity.

Etymology

From rapac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French rapacité (whence -acity, from Latin rapācitās, from rapāx, from rapiō (“snatch, grab, carry off”).

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