esurient

Meanings

Adjective

Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; avid, eager.

Noun

One who is greedy or hungry.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns, present participle of ēsuriō, a desiderative verb from edō (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti ("to eat")) + -turiō.

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