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esurient

adj
/ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/UK/ɪˈsʊ.ɹi.ənt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).

  1. derived from *h₁édti✻
  2. borrowed from ēsurient

Definitions

  1. Very greedy or hungry

    Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.

  2. One who is greedy or hungry.

    • Sure it is that he [Philip Nye] was a moſt dangerous and ſeditious Perſon, a politick Pulpit driver of Independency, an inſatiable eſurient after riches, and what not to raiſe a family and to heap up wealth.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA