ESURIENT

edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

(adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities; “edacious vultures”; “a rapacious appetite”; “ravenous as wolves”; “voracious sharks”

avid, devouring, esurient, greedy

(adjective) (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”

famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

esurient (comparative more esurient, superlative most esurient)

(formal, now, often, humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager. [from late 17th c.]

Synonym: Thesaurus:voracious

Noun

esurient (plural esurients)

One who is greedy or hungry.

Anagrams

• Turinese, neurites, retinues, reunites, unitrees, uterines

Source: Wiktionary

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E*su"ri*ent, a. Etym: [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.]

Definition: Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. "Poor, but esurient." Carlyle.

E*su"ri*ent, n.

Definition: One who is hungry or greedy. [R.] An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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