yird-hungern.

Brit.

/ˈjəːdhʌŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˈjərdˌhəŋɡər/, Scottish English

/ˈjɪrdhʌŋ(ɡ)ər/

Scottish.

‘Earth-hunger’: (a) voracious desire for land (cf. eard-hunger in Scott Nigel ix); (b) see quot. 1825. See also yird n. and v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > desire for specific things > [noun] > for land

yird-hunger1729

earth hunger1822

land fever1839

land-hunger1862

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

hungerc825

appetite1303

famec1515

sharpness1581

suction1615

meat-will1643

sucking1656

sharpsetness1673

esurition1678

stomach-worm1788

hunger-pain1820

yird-hunger1825

appetizement1826

yapness1828

esuriencea1834

peckishness1871

sinking feeling1890

1729 P. G. Elchies Let. (1927) 57 My yerd hunger must be very strong when I proposed to contract new debt to buy land.

1765 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. 278/1 I have no sort of yeard hunger, so shall never be in danger of giving more than the value for any land.

1823 W. Scott Let. 21 July (1935) VIII. 49 About the land, I have no doubt your Lordship is quite right but I have something of what is calld the yeard-hunger.

1824 A. P. Buchan in Medico-chirurg. Rev. (1825) 2 425 An eager craving for food is frequently the precursor of death: this fact is so familiar to the common people of the North, that it is commonly called the yeard hunger.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Yerd Yerd-hunger..1. That keen desire of food, which is sometimes manifested by persons before death... 2. Voraciousness; the term being used in a general sense.

1886 J. MacLehose Mem. & Portraits One Hundred Glasgow Men 85 With the common yird hunger of the prosperous Scot, he had, by successive purchases, built up the fine estate of Castle Toward, on the sunny slopes where Cowal rounds into the Kyles.

Derivatives

yird-hungry adj.

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

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Yerd-hungry,..voraciously hungry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yird-hunger
释义	yird-hungern. Brit. /ˈjəːdhʌŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈjərdˌhəŋɡər/, Scottish English /ˈjɪrdhʌŋ(ɡ)ər/ Scottish. ‘Earth-hunger’: (a) voracious desire for land (cf. eard-hunger in Scott Nigel ix); (b) see quot. 1825. See also yird n. and v. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > desire for specific things > [noun] > for land yird-hunger1729 earth hunger1822 land fever1839 land-hunger1862 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] hungerc825 appetite1303 famec1515 sharpness1581 suction1615 meat-will1643 sucking1656 sharpsetness1673 esurition1678 stomach-worm1788 hunger-pain1820 yird-hunger1825 appetizement1826 yapness1828 esuriencea1834 peckishness1871 sinking feeling1890 1729 P. G. Elchies Let. (1927) 57 My yerd hunger must be very strong when I proposed to contract new debt to buy land. 1765 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. 278/1 I have no sort of yeard hunger, so shall never be in danger of giving more than the value for any land. 1823 W. Scott Let. 21 July (1935) VIII. 49 About the land, I have no doubt your Lordship is quite right but I have something of what is calld the yeard-hunger. 1824 A. P. Buchan in Medico-chirurg. Rev. (1825) 2 425 An eager craving for food is frequently the precursor of death: this fact is so familiar to the common people of the North, that it is commonly called the yeard hunger. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Yerd Yerd-hunger..1. That keen desire of food, which is sometimes manifested by persons before death... 2. Voraciousness; the term being used in a general sense. 1886 J. MacLehose Mem. & Portraits One Hundred Glasgow Men 85 With the common yird hunger of the prosperous Scot, he had, by successive purchases, built up the fine estate of Castle Toward, on the sunny slopes where Cowal rounds into the Kyles. Derivatives yird-hungry adj. 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 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Yerd-hungry,..voraciously hungry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1729
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