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predacious

[ pri-dey-shuhs ]

adjective



predacious

/ prɪˈdeɪʃəs; prɪˈdæsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food
  2. preying on others
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Derived Forms

  • preˈdaciousness, noun
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Other Words From

  • pre·dacious·ness pre·dac·i·ty [pri-, das, -i-tee]; especially Biology, pre·daceous·ness noun
  • unpre·daceous adjective
  • unpre·daceous·ly adverb
  • unpre·daceous·ness noun
  • unpre·dacious adjective
  • unpre·dacious·ly adverb
  • unpre·dacious·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of predacious1

First recorded in 1705–15; pred(atory) + -acious
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Word History and Origins

Origin of predacious1

C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory
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Example Sentences

The picture tells the story of a young woman, Danae, who’s been locked in a high tower by her father to keep her away from predacious men.

She feels shut out by the city’s predacious, moneyed tribes, battered by its “impenetrable shapes” and “fierce elbows.”

They’re predacious, eating whatever they can get their grubby hands on.

Now, four days later, Nukita warned us that a similarly predacious swarm of print and television reporters lay in wait for us in Kathmandu.

Metastasis therefore requires the untethering of these bonds, to allow predacious cancer cells to migrate freely.

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