hungersome

adj

Etymology

From hunger + -some.

  1. derived from *kenk- — “to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst
  2. inherited from *hungruz
  3. inherited from *hungr
  4. inherited from hungor — “hunger, desire; famine
  5. inherited from hunger
  6. suffixed as hungersome — “hunger + some

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by hunger

    • “Well, We no got anything else O' that sort,” he said, “but I did just take the bun from the kitchen, because I knew Pinkie would get hungersome.”

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