famine
(noun) a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
dearth, famine, shortage
(noun) an acute insufficiency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Famine
(mythology) The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.
• the black rider
• imafen, infame
famine (countable and uncountable, plural famines)
(uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
(countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
(dated) Starvation or malnutrition.
Severe shortage or lack of something.
• the Lancashire Cotton Famine
• imafen, infame
Source: Wiktionary
Fam"ine, n. Etym: [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. hani loss, lack, ha to leave.]
Definition: General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine." Milton. There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1. Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
