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Starveling

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Starving; suffering from starvation.
  2. 2
    Meagre; scanty.

    "[A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity."

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is thin from lack of food.

    "If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling."

  2. 2
    someone who is starving (or being starved) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From starve + -ling.

Etymology 2

From starve + -ling.

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