OED Occasional Word of the Week-ish (3)

[waabecca]

This week:

Rapacious

Def: 1.Giving to grasping or taking for oneself; inordinately greedy; ravenous

2.Taking by force; plundering

3. Subsisting by the capture of live prey; Raptorial

From the Latin, rapaci - grasping; and Old French; rapere - rape.

This seemed somehow appropriate at this time of year, driving around the city and being

Comments

[mlerules]

I am rapt w/anticipation of what tales you'll tell in 2009 given your new moniker!