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ravenous definition

rav·enous (rav′ə nəs)

adjective

  1. greedily or wildly hungry; voracious or famished
  2. very eager for gratification ravenous for praise
  3. very rapacious

Etymology: ME ravynous < OFr ravinos < ravine: see raven

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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