[f. as prec. + -TY.]
1. The quality of being edacious; capacity for eating; good appetite. Now chiefly humorous.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 972. 260. The Wolfe is a Beast of great Edacity, and Disgestion.
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., II. xxxix. 26. If those pipes windings (passage quick delaying) Should not refrain too much edacitie.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., XVIII. 613/2. And truly edacity in the Small Pox is usually an ill Sign.
1823. New Month. Mag., VII. 335. He has vivacity, edacity, and bibacity.
1854. Badham, Halieut., 516. Ulysses’ edacity is competently attested in the Odyssey.
† 2. Corrosive quality, destructive power. Obs.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 146. Lest the noxious quality of the air or edacity of heat spoyl their qualities.
