Home › Words › R › rapacityrapacity/ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/rapacity means the quality of being rapacious; voracity.rapacity is pronounced /ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/.EtymologyFrom rapac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French rapacité (whence -acity, from Latin rapācitās, from rapāx, from rapiō (“snatch, grab, carry off”).nounThe quality of being rapacious; voracity.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).