esurientadj.n.

/iːˈsjʊərɪənt/

Etymology: < Latin ēsurient-em, present participle of ēsurīre to be hungry, desiderative verb < ēs- participial stem of edĕre to eat.

A. adj.

a. Hungry: in early use chiefly figurative. Now humorously pedantic in lit. sense, or (with reminiscence of Juvenal's Græculus esuriens) in the sense ‘impecunious and greedy’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adjective] > craving

thirstyc888

ofthirstOE

hungryc1200

athirsta1387

hydropicc1400

anhungered?1556

sharp-set1580

hydropical1656

esurienta1672

craving1688

thirstful1865

a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 107 He [A. Wood] might advance his esurient genie in antiquities, especially in those of the said universitie.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 867 He was as esurient after fame as Tom Coryate.

1790 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday (1794) 32 Esurient Ruin shall be taught to spare Those altars congregated Virtues rear.

1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies iii, in Last Ess. Elia 230 To sit esurient at his own table, and commend the flavour of his venison upon the absurd strength of his never touching it himself.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 193 He is an esurient, unprovided Advocate; Danton, by name.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 476 Juvenal's picture of an esurient Greek.

1858 Sat. Rev. 6 559/2 The English Cabinet annually avails itself of the delightful facility thus afforded to esurient ichthyophagi.

1881 Spectator 15 Jan. 81 Untrustworthy, esurient, broken attorneys.

b. transferred.

ΚΠ

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 146 Calcin'd Harts-horn..must needs..leave its Pores empty and esurient.

2. Pertaining to appetite or the love of eating; gastronomic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective]

deipnosophistic1661

apician1699

esurient1821

gastronomic1828

gastronomical1842

gastrological1851

aristological1873

fine dining1940

1821 New Monthly Mag. 1 438 Esurient and bibulous reminiscences ooze from its surface.

1852 Blackwood's Mag. 71 749 Let them..extend the esurient knowledge of their race..inculcate educational cookery.

B. n.

A greedy person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > one who has

yisserc1200

puttocka1500

Mammon1622

grasperc1628

snig1629

suck-egg1685

esurient1691

gripe-all1823

hake1855

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (1817) III. 965 An insatiable esurient after riches and what not.

Derivatives

eˈsuriently adv. hungrily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adverb]

hungerlya1584

starvedly1606

starvingly1662

hungrily1693

yaply1768

esuriently1883

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adverb] > craving

hungrily1377

cravingly1621

esuriently1883

hungeringly1884

1883 G. A. MacDonnell Chess Life-pict. 106 I..was waiting esuriently the appearance of the committee in order to commence our refection.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	esurient
释义	esurientadj.n. /iːˈsjʊərɪənt/ Etymology: < Latin ēsurient-em, present participle of ēsurīre to be hungry, desiderative verb < ēs- participial stem of edĕre to eat. A. adj. 1. a. Hungry: in early use chiefly figurative. Now humorously pedantic in lit. sense, or (with reminiscence of Juvenal's Græculus esuriens) in the sense ‘impecunious and greedy’. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adjective] > craving thirstyc888 ofthirstOE hungryc1200 athirsta1387 hydropicc1400 anhungered?1556 sharp-set1580 hydropical1656 esurienta1672 craving1688 thirstful1865 a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 107 He [A. Wood] might advance his esurient genie in antiquities, especially in those of the said universitie. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 867 He was as esurient after fame as Tom Coryate. 1790 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday (1794) 32 Esurient Ruin shall be taught to spare Those altars congregated Virtues rear. 1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies iii, in Last Ess. Elia 230 To sit esurient at his own table, and commend the flavour of his venison upon the absurd strength of his never touching it himself. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 193 He is an esurient, unprovided Advocate; Danton, by name. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 476 Juvenal's picture of an esurient Greek. 1858 Sat. Rev. 6 559/2 The English Cabinet annually avails itself of the delightful facility thus afforded to esurient ichthyophagi. 1881 Spectator 15 Jan. 81 Untrustworthy, esurient, broken attorneys. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 146 Calcin'd Harts-horn..must needs..leave its Pores empty and esurient. 2. Pertaining to appetite or the love of eating; gastronomic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] deipnosophistic1661 apician1699 esurient1821 gastronomic1828 gastronomical1842 gastrological1851 aristological1873 fine dining1940 1821 New Monthly Mag. 1 438 Esurient and bibulous reminiscences ooze from its surface. 1852 Blackwood's Mag. 71 749 Let them..extend the esurient knowledge of their race..inculcate educational cookery. B. n. A greedy person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > one who has yisserc1200 puttocka1500 Mammon1622 grasperc1628 snig1629 suck-egg1685 esurient1691 gripe-all1823 hake1855 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (1817) III. 965 An insatiable esurient after riches and what not. Derivatives eˈsuriently adv. hungrily. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adverb] hungerlya1584 starvedly1606 starvingly1662 hungrily1693 yaply1768 esuriently1883 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adverb] > craving hungrily1377 cravingly1621 esuriently1883 hungeringly1884 1883 G. A. MacDonnell Chess Life-pict. 106 I..was waiting esuriently the appearance of the committee in order to commence our refection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas esurient Occurring first in a few direct adoptions from Latin, as parturient (1592), †micturient (1654), esurient (a1672), and hence occasionally added to Latin stems to form adjectives with the meaning ‘desiring, characterized by a desire, (to do something)’, as in †novaturient (1679), nupturient, † vomiturient (1666). ΚΠ 1878 Eagle (St. John's Coll., Cambr.) X. 81 The vapid concourse of dangling men and nupturient maids. extracted from -urientsuffix < adj.n.a1672 as lemmas
随便看	on the sing on the skew on the skids on the skite on the skive on the slant on the slate on the slent on the slide on the sly on the sneak on the sneck on the spectrum on the spot on the spree on the spur on the spur of the etc on the spur of the moment on the spur of the occasion on the spurs or spur on the square on the stage on the stair on the stand on the starboard or port tack

esurientadj.n.

Derivatives

> as lemmas