English Explanatory Dictionary

esurient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.
noun
  1. One who is greedy or hungry.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/ /ɪˈʃʊə.ɹi.ənt/ /iː-/ /ɛ-/ /ə-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-esurient.wav /ɪˈsʊ.ɹi.ənt/ /-ˈzʊ-/

Word forms

esurient more esurient most esurient esurients

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).

Synonyms

cormorant edacious esurient gluttonous gutfoundered hungry as a hog insatiable lupine pantagruelian rapacious ravening ravenous voracious

Related words

esurine esculent

Derived words

esurience esuriently
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