edacious
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Second-hand Jerry did not say these things to our young philosopher; for had he done so, Khalid, now become edacious, would not have experienced those dyspeptic pangs which almost crushed the soul-fetus in him.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
Augustus, the physically strong, is no more; transcendent king of edacious flunkies, father of 354 children, but not without fine qualities; and Poland has to find a new king.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Occasionally the road must be set back, and once the lighthouse was moved back from the cliffs, eaten away by the edacious tooth of the sea.
From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren
After this Hugo, not contented with the tragedy of the edacious murderer, gives us seven pages of his favourite rhetoric in saccadé paragraphs on the general question.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
And that he became audacious, edacious, and loquacious, is evident from such wit and flippancy as he here likes to display.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani