Coffee has initially been a food â chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ESURIENT
edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
(adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities; âedacious vulturesâ; âa rapacious appetiteâ; âravenous as wolvesâ; âvoracious sharksâ
avid, devouring, esurient, greedy
(adjective) (often followed by âforâ) ardently or excessively desirous; âavid for adventureâ; âan avid ambition to succeedâ; âfierce devouring affectionâ; âthe esurient eyes of an avid curiosityâ; âgreedy for fameâ
famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient
(adjective) extremely hungry; âthey were tired and famished for food and sleepâ; âa ravenous boyâ; âthe family was starved and raggedâ; âfell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemyâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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