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e·su·ri·ent
(ĭ-so͝or′ē-ənt, ĭ-zo͝or′-)adj.
Hungry; greedy.
[Latin ēsuriēns, ēsurient-, present participle of ēsurīre, desiderative of edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
e·su′ri·ence (-əns), e·su′ri·en·cy (-ən-sē) n.
e·su′ri·ent·ly adv.
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esurient
(ɪˈsjʊərɪənt)adj
greedy; voracious
[C17: from Latin ēsurīre to be hungry, from edere to eat]
eˈsurience, eˈsuriency n
eˈsuriently adv
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e•su•ri•ent
(ɪˈsʊər i ənt)adj.
hungry; greedy.
[1665–75; < Latin ēsurient- <ēsurīre to be hungry]
e•su′ri•ent•ly, adv.
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esurient
- If you are esurient, you are hungry.See also related terms for hungry.
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| Adj. | 1. | esurient - extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" |
| 2. |  esurient - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" | |
| 3. |  esurient - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
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