[f. as prec. + -NESS.] = next.
1710. Addison, Tatler, No. 255, ¶ 3. Distinguishing himself by Voraciousness of Appetite.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist. (1776), VI. 362. For some days before their change, the animal discontinues its usual voraciousness.
1786. trans. Beckford’s Vathek, 29. The Caliph … found himself incommoded by the voraciousness of his guest.
