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rapacity

noun

ra·​pac·​i·​ty rə-ˈpa-sə-tē How to pronounce rapacity (audio)
: the quality of being rapacious

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the rapacity of the Spanish conquistadors was such that they were undeterred by the very preposterousness of the legend of El Dorado
Recent Examples on the Web Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020 Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020 Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020 Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020 Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020 Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020 Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020 Some of this drama originated from plain old oil-company rapacity. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French rapacité, borrowed from Latin rapācitāt-, rapācitās, from rapāc-, rapāx "given to seizing or catching things (as prey), rapacious" + -itāt- -itās -ity

First Known Use

1543, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rapacity was in 1543

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