α. Middle English–1500s anhongred, Middle English–1800s anhungred, 1500s– anhungered.
β. late Middle English onhungred.
单词 | anhungered |
释义 | anhungeredadj.α. Middle English–1500s anhongred, Middle English–1800s anhungred, 1500s– anhungered. β. late Middle English onhungred. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use). 1. Reduced to hunger; in a state of hunger; hungry; = ahungered adj. Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > extremely hungry afingered?a1300 anhungereda1387 ahungereda1450 ravened1627 ravenous1648 gaunt1746 yird-hungry1825 wolfish1848 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 173 He stondeþ..bytwene mete and drynke, and may noþer ete ne drynke, and is an hongred and aþirst. a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 1223 (MED) Þe folk and þe poraile Weoren anhungred. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xii. 1 His disciples wer anhongred [a1382 Wyclif hungrynge, 1557 Geneva anhongred, 1611 King James an hungred]. a1678 A. Woodhead Hist. Narration Life & Death Jesus Christ (1685) 120 God..had..in the Desart supplied with the bread of Angels the anhungred Isaelites. 1772 S. Pegge tr. W. Fitz-Stephen Descr. London 34 In case a friend should arrive..and chuses not to wait, anhungred as he is, for the..cooking of meat. 1841 G. P. R. James Corse de Leon II. i. 8 I trust that supper is ready, for I am an hungered. 1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry xxx. 406 I came at nightfall, weary and anhungered..to the house of Barney Bains. 2015 A. Bell tr. S. Stanišić Before the Feast 81 The Harvest fail'd, and the People were sore anhungered. 2. figurative and in figurative context. In predicative use: having a strong desire or craving (for something). 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 ?1556 R. Bieston tr. Bayte & Snare of Fortune Prol. sig. A.iv The couetous man is neuer satisfied... The Coueteus man is alwayes anhungred. 1772 tr. J. F. Senault Philos. Passions 279 The heart of man..cannot be filled up but by the Sovereign Good;..all other good things keep it anhungered. 1848 J. R. Lowell Voy. to Vinland in Under Willows (1869) 120 Anhungered for some joy untried. 1881 A. C. Swinburne Mary Stuart iv. i. 136 My people seems in sooth Hot and anhungered on this trail of hers. 1988 J. Arden Bks. Bale iii. 137 I was an-hungered for good plain English like a ditch-digger for his fireside pasty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.a1387 |
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