Esurient

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Esurient \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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Esurient \E*su"ri*ent\, n.
     One who is hungry or greedy. [R.]
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           An insatiable esurient after riches.     --Wood.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  esurient
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {famished}, {ravenous}, {sharp-set},
               {starved}]
       2: (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" [syn: {avid}, {devouring(a)},
           {greedy}]
       3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
          vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
          "voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {rapacious}, {ravening},
           {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]