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Rampacious | a. High-spirited; rampageous. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ] | Rapacious | a. [ L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. “ The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [ 1913 Webster ] [ Thy Lord ] redeem thee quite from Death's rapacious claim Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| rapacious | (adj) โลภ, See also: ตะกละ, ละโมบ, Syn. avaricious, greedy | rapacious | (adj) ชั่วร้าย, See also: เป็นภัย, Syn. berserk, murderous | rapacious | (adj) แย่งชิง, See also: ช่วงชิง, เบียดเบียน, Syn. predatory, ravening | rapaciousness | (n) ความโลภ |
| rapacious | (ระเพ'เชิส) adj. โลภ, ละโมบ, ตะกละ, ช่วงชิง, แย่งชิง, ปล้นสะดม, See also: rapacity n. |
| | | | | Rapacious | a. [ L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. “ The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [ 1913 Webster ] [ Thy Lord ] redeem thee quite from Death's rapacious claim Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 雲助根性 | [くもすけこんじょう, kumosukekonjou] (n) predatory nature; rapacious disposition [Add to Longdo] | 強欲非道 | [ごうよくひどう, gouyokuhidou] (n, adj-na) abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious [Add to Longdo] | 豺狼 | [さいろう, sairou] (n) (1) (See 狼・おおかみ・1, 山犬・やまいぬ・1) wolf; (2) rapacious person; merciless and greedy person [Add to Longdo] |
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