Meaning of ESURIENT
| Pronunciation: | | i'sûreeunt
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- [adj] devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
- [adj] (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"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | avid, desirous, devouring(a), edacious, famished, gluttonous, greedy, hungry, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, voracious, wolfish |
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\E*su"ri*ent\, a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr.
edere to eat.]
Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] --Bailey. ``Poor,
but esurient.'' --Carlyle.
\E*su"ri*ent\, n.
One who is hungry or greedy. [R.]
An insatiable esurient after riches. --Wood.
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