esurient

e·su·ri·ent

E0224000 (ĭ-so͝or′ē-ənt, ĭ-zo͝or′-)adj. Hungry; greedy.

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[Latin ēsuriēns, ēsurient-, present participle of ēsurīre, desiderative of edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·su′ri·ence (-əns), e·su′ri·en·cy (-ən-sē) n.e·su′ri·ent·ly adv.

esurient

(ɪˈsjʊərɪənt) adjgreedy; voracious[C17: from Latin ēsurīre to be hungry, from edere to eat] eˈsurience, eˈsuriency n eˈsuriently adv

e•su•ri•ent

(ɪˈsʊər i ənt)

adj. hungry; greedy. [1665–75; < Latin ēsurient- <ēsurīre to be hungry] e•su′ri•ent•ly, adv.

esurient

- If you are esurient, you are hungry.See also related terms for hungry.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	esurient - extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starvedhungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"
	2.	esurient - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"avid, devouring, greedydesirous, wishful - having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
	3.	esurient - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"edacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish, rapacious, raveninggluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"