Forhungered
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Very hungry; dying of hunger; starving. archaic
"They take like lean forhungered hounds, And for a while their praise resounds […]"
Example
More examples"They take like lean forhungered hounds, And for a while their praise resounds […]"
Etymology
From Middle English forhungred, forhongred, forhyngrede (“famished, lean”), equivalent to for- (“exceedingly, very”) + hungered. Compare Dutch verhongerd (“starving, famished”), German verhungert (“starving, famished”).
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