† nushedadj.
English regional. Obsolete. rare.
Starved, undernourished.
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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
1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 108 Nush'd,..starved in the bringing up.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 305 Nuchid, stunted in growth in consequence of having been ill-fed and neglected: said of animals. ‘That pig o' Molly Robe'ts's is nuchid; it'll never come to nuthin'.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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