单词 | affamished |
释义 | affamishedadj. Afflicted with (extreme) hunger; starving, famished. Also in extended use. 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 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5495 in Wks. (1931) I Wandrying about as thay war wode, Affamysit for falt of fude. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Gen. xli. 55 At the length al the land of Egypt was affamished. 1615 T. Adams Englands Sicknes ii. 67 To become the foode of the affamished sonnes of men. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Esther iv. 11 II. 143 King Joram [heard] the affamished woman that called to him for justice. a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) I. 792 His Mother Helena went to Jerusalem and relieved it, being much affamished. 1826 Republican 23 June 796 To annoy one another like an affamished European mob. 1854 E. T. Turnerelli Russia on Borders of Asia I. vi. 151 A hungry stomach is an admirable appreciator, but a very indifferent judge of good fare; and on this principle I believe may be explained..the extraordinary rapture of..the affamished hunters. 1933 E. Paul & C. Paul tr. S. Zweig Marie Antoinette xv. 170 Was this lousy and affamished little creature in truth of royal blood? 1975 Listener 6 Nov. 618/4 Steel your heart against the affamished pleadings of the cyclamen, whose die is already cast for the season. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1554 |
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