Unslaked
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not yet slaked not-comparable
"With throats unslaked, with black lips baked: / We could not laugh nor wail."
Example
More examples"Then, like wolves ravening in a black fog, whom mad malice of hunger hath driven blindly forth, and their cubs left behind await with throats unslaked; through the weapons of the enemy we march to certain death, and hold our way straight into the town. Night's sheltering shadow flutters dark around us."
Etymology
From un- + slaked.
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