FAMINE

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

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Proper noun

Famine

(mythology) The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.

Synonyms

• the black rider

Anagrams

• imafen, infame

Etymology

Noun

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

Anagrams

• imafen, infame

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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