Famishment

2 definitions found

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

  Famishment \Fam"ish*ment\, n.
     State of being famished.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  famishment
       n : a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential
           nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: {starvation}]