famishv.

Brit.

/ˈfamɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈfæmɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English–1500s famyssh, (Middle English famysch, 1500s famesh, fameszsh, famishe, famissh, famysh), 1500s– famish.

Etymology: alteration of fame v.², after verbs in -ish suffix². Compare affamish v.

1. transitive. To reduce to the extremities of famine and hunger; to starve. Also, †to famish away.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve

famec1384

hunger-starve1390

enfamisha1400

famisha1400

forclemc1400

famine1520

starve1570

hunger1575

clem?c1600

effamisha1603

affamish1615

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > be hungry [verb (intransitive)] > be starving

starvelOE

enfaimlec1475

to have cold at the teeth1484

to have the teeth cold1484

famish1535

to famish away1535

famine1553

starve1578

clem1600

affamish1622

a1400–50 Alexander 1496 Þare suld my folk for defaute be famyscht for euire.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. iii. 96 The other cartagiens that kepte the said townes..were famysshed.

1493 Festivall (1515) 100 Tytus laye so sore to the cyte that he famysshed theym.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Joel i. 20 The shepe are fameszshed awaye.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 175 I danc't attendance on his will, Till Paris was besieg'd, famisht, and lost.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. xiii. 93 Spinola before Breda..seeing no meanes to take it by force, resolved to famish it.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 201 The regicides whom he [sc. Henry IV] hanged after he had famished Paris into a surrender.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxi. 3 All..that shall ever in after years be famish'd.

figurative.1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.iiii They woulde famyshe the solles of the residwe.1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 9 Some Femalls..to feed their Pride..will famish affection.a1797 E. Burke Tracts Popery Laws in Wks. (1842) II. 445/2 Whose quality it is to famish the present hours.a1822 P. B. Shelley Prince Athanase in Posthumous Poems (1824) 106 Those false opinions which the harsh rich use To blind the world they famish for their pride.

a. To kill with hunger, starve to death. Also, to famish to death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve > to death

famishc1440

starve1570

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by starving

asterveOE

famine1520

starve1570

to famish to deatha1649

c1440 Bone Flor. 875 So longe logyd the sege there, That they wythynne nere famysched were.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) 169 He was nere famyshyd for lake of sustenaunce.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 5 Robert..had famished to Death the King's Brother David, in the Castle of Falkland.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 138 We were in a most dreadful Apprehension of being famished to Death.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vii. 197 Paulo..bewailed the probability of their being famished.

†b. To deprive (a person) of anything necessary to life. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > keep ill-supplied

to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425

strait1513

scant1565

starve1570

scantle1581

shorten1599

scant1600

scant1607

short1620

straiten1627

famish1667

limit1670

scrimp1691

under-furnish1694

stint1722

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 78 Where thin Aire Above the Clouds will..famish him of Breath, if not of Bread.

3. intransitive.

a. To suffer the extremity of want of food; to be intensely hungry. Const. for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (intransitive)]

famish1535

gape1552

to gasp for1553

pant1560

mantle1657

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > be hungry [verb (intransitive)] > be starving

starvelOE

enfaimlec1475

to have cold at the teeth1484

to have the teeth cold1484

famish1535

to famish away1535

famine1553

starve1578

clem1600

affamish1622

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. ix. D Yf a man do turne him to the right honde, he shal famesh.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 5 You are all resolu'd rather to dy then to famish .

1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet lxxiii. 93 They..reproach them as covetous that will rather beg than sin or famish.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 36 Not one wretch, Whose children famish..rears an arm.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 33 One of the most hungry mortals that ever yet famished.

figurative.1844 R. Browning Colombe's Birthday in Bells & Pomegranates No. VI i. 3/2 Sir Ciunet, You famish for promotion.

†b. To die of starvation, perish from want of food. Also, to famish with hunger. to famish a dog's death. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of hunger

astervec1000

enfamine138.

bursta1440

famish1530

famine1553

starve1578

affamish1622

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 545/1 I famysshe for honger, je affame.

1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Bvi^v If the pore famyshed for lacke of fode.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 84 Thou shalt famish a Dogges death.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 218 A small Iland where many of them famish'd.

1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry iv. 186 Now none famish who deserve to eat.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 118 They had all miserably famished with hunger.

Derivatives

† ˈfamisher n. Obsolete one who famishes (sense 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving > one who causes starvation

famisher1553

starver1576

1553 tr. E. Bonner in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration B j This hathe ben a famysher of the Kinges souldiours.

ˈfamishing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving

hungerc825

faminec1405

pininga1450

famishmentc1470

famishing1490

starving1549

pine1567

affamishment1588

hunger-starving1592

starvation1762

clemming1773

starvation1775

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 21 It was imprenable, but only by famyshynge.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 126 Sundry documents concerning the famishing..of the women and children of the late sovereign.

1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 16 Their stomachs injured by occasional famishing.

ˈfamishing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > starving or starved

hungryc950

ofhungeredOE

hungeredc1425

famylousc1475

forhungered1481

hunger-starvena1533

starven1546

hunger-bit1549

hunger-bitten1549

affamished1554

starved1563

starving1581

gaunted1582

famishing1587

food-sick1587

hunger-starving1592

famined1622

gut-foundered1647

hunger-starved1647

starved-gut1653

half-starved1667

clemmed1674

nushed1691

pinch-gutted1704

starve-gutted1726

clemming1773

clung1807

1587 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. (new ed.) I. ii. vi. sig. L7^v/2 Darius..shutteth vp Daniels enemies in the same denne, to bee torne in peeces by the famishing beastes.

1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 77 The poor famishing wanderers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	famish
释义	famishv. Brit. /ˈfamɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfæmɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English–1500s famyssh, (Middle English famysch, 1500s famesh, fameszsh, famishe, famissh, famysh), 1500s– famish. Etymology: alteration of fame v.², after verbs in -ish suffix². Compare affamish v. 1. transitive. To reduce to the extremities of famine and hunger; to starve. Also, †to famish away. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve famec1384 hunger-starve1390 enfamisha1400 famisha1400 forclemc1400 famine1520 starve1570 hunger1575 clem?c1600 effamisha1603 affamish1615 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > be hungry [verb (intransitive)] > be starving starvelOE enfaimlec1475 to have cold at the teeth1484 to have the teeth cold1484 famish1535 to famish away1535 famine1553 starve1578 clem1600 affamish1622 a1400–50 Alexander 1496 Þare suld my folk for defaute be famyscht for euire. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. iii. 96 The other cartagiens that kepte the said townes..were famysshed. 1493 Festivall (1515) 100 Tytus laye so sore to the cyte that he famysshed theym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Joel i. 20 The shepe are fameszshed awaye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 175 I danc't attendance on his will, Till Paris was besieg'd, famisht, and lost. View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. xiii. 93 Spinola before Breda..seeing no meanes to take it by force, resolved to famish it. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 201 The regicides whom he [sc. Henry IV] hanged after he had famished Paris into a surrender. View more context for this quotation 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxi. 3 All..that shall ever in after years be famish'd. figurative.1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.iiii They woulde famyshe the solles of the residwe.1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 9 Some Femalls..to feed their Pride..will famish affection.a1797 E. Burke Tracts Popery Laws in Wks. (1842) II. 445/2 Whose quality it is to famish the present hours.a1822 P. B. Shelley Prince Athanase in Posthumous Poems (1824) 106 Those false opinions which the harsh rich use To blind the world they famish for their pride. 2. a. To kill with hunger, starve to death. Also, to famish to death. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve > to death famishc1440 starve1570 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by starving asterveOE famine1520 starve1570 to famish to deatha1649 c1440 Bone Flor. 875 So longe logyd the sege there, That they wythynne nere famysched were. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) 169 He was nere famyshyd for lake of sustenaunce. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 5 Robert..had famished to Death the King's Brother David, in the Castle of Falkland. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 138 We were in a most dreadful Apprehension of being famished to Death. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vii. 197 Paulo..bewailed the probability of their being famished. †b. To deprive (a person) of anything necessary to life. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > keep ill-supplied to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 strait1513 scant1565 starve1570 scantle1581 shorten1599 scant1600 scant1607 short1620 straiten1627 famish1667 limit1670 scrimp1691 under-furnish1694 stint1722 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 78 Where thin Aire Above the Clouds will..famish him of Breath, if not of Bread. View more context for this quotation 3. intransitive. a. To suffer the extremity of want of food; to be intensely hungry. Const. for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (intransitive)] famish1535 gape1552 to gasp for1553 pant1560 mantle1657 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > be hungry [verb (intransitive)] > be starving starvelOE enfaimlec1475 to have cold at the teeth1484 to have the teeth cold1484 famish1535 to famish away1535 famine1553 starve1578 clem1600 affamish1622 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. ix. D Yf a man do turne him to the right honde, he shal famesh. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 5 You are all resolu'd rather to dy then to famish . View more context for this quotation 1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet lxxiii. 93 They..reproach them as covetous that will rather beg than sin or famish. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 36 Not one wretch, Whose children famish..rears an arm. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 33 One of the most hungry mortals that ever yet famished. figurative.1844 R. Browning Colombe's Birthday in Bells & Pomegranates No. VI i. 3/2 Sir Ciunet, You famish for promotion. †b. To die of starvation, perish from want of food. Also, to famish with hunger. to famish a dog's death. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of hunger astervec1000 enfamine138. bursta1440 famish1530 famine1553 starve1578 affamish1622 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 545/1 I famysshe for honger, je affame. 1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Bvi^v If the pore famyshed for lacke of fode. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 84 Thou shalt famish a Dogges death. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 218 A small Iland where many of them famish'd. 1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry iv. 186 Now none famish who deserve to eat. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 118 They had all miserably famished with hunger. Derivatives † ˈfamisher n. Obsolete one who famishes (sense 1). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving > one who causes starvation famisher1553 starver1576 1553 tr. E. Bonner in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration B j This hathe ben a famysher of the Kinges souldiours. ˈfamishing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving hungerc825 faminec1405 pininga1450 famishmentc1470 famishing1490 starving1549 pine1567 affamishment1588 hunger-starving1592 starvation1762 clemming1773 starvation1775 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 21 It was imprenable, but only by famyshynge. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 126 Sundry documents concerning the famishing..of the women and children of the late sovereign. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 16 Their stomachs injured by occasional famishing. ˈfamishing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > starving or starved hungryc950 ofhungeredOE hungeredc1425 famylousc1475 forhungered1481 hunger-starvena1533 starven1546 hunger-bit1549 hunger-bitten1549 affamished1554 starved1563 starving1581 gaunted1582 famishing1587 food-sick1587 hunger-starving1592 famined1622 gut-foundered1647 hunger-starved1647 starved-gut1653 half-starved1667 clemmed1674 nushed1691 pinch-gutted1704 starve-gutted1726 clemming1773 clung1807 1587 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. (new ed.) I. ii. vi. sig. L7^v/2 Darius..shutteth vp Daniels enemies in the same denne, to bee torne in peeces by the famishing beastes. 1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 77 The poor famishing wanderers. 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