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Definition of esurient in English: esurientadjective ɛˈsjʊərɪəntɪˈsjʊərɪəntəˈsʊriənt humorous, archaic Hungry or greedy. Example sentencesExamples - In Masson's metamorphosis of image and reality in Pygmalion, the sculpture on the right becomes the esurient monster at the table; indeed, it becomes the table itself, devouring its contents.
- Outside the Hungry Pilgrim restaurant stood an examplar of esurient puritanism dressed in a black-and-white Cromwellian costume with hair in a pigtail.
Synonyms insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, omnivorous, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious
Derivatives adverb humorous, archaic He grins sheepishly, then eyes everyone else's meals esuriently.
Origin Late 17th century: from Latin esurient- 'being hungry', from the verb esurire, from esse 'eat'. Rhymes luxuriant, parturient, prurient Definition of esurient in US English: esurientadjectiveəˈso͝orēəntəˈsʊriənt humorous, archaic Hungry or greedy. Example sentencesExamples - Outside the Hungry Pilgrim restaurant stood an examplar of esurient puritanism dressed in a black-and-white Cromwellian costume with hair in a pigtail.
- In Masson's metamorphosis of image and reality in Pygmalion, the sculpture on the right becomes the esurient monster at the table; indeed, it becomes the table itself, devouring its contents.
Synonyms insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, omnivorous, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious
Origin Late 17th century: from Latin esurient- ‘being hungry’, from the verb esurire, from esse ‘eat’. |