FAMISHMENT

starvation, famishment

(noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

famishment (countable and uncountable, plural famishments)

Starvation; the fact or process of being famished.

(obsolete) Famine.

Source: Wiktionary


Fam"ish*ment, n.

Definition: State of being famished.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 February 2025

CRAZY

(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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