- rapacious
[rapacious 词源字典]
- rapacious: see rapture
[rapacious etymology, rapacious origin, 英语词源] - rapacious (adj.)
- 1650s, from Latin rapaci-, stem of rapax "grasping," itself from stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapacity) + -ous. Related: Rapaciously; rapaciousness.