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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esurient \E*su"ri*ent\, a. [L. esuriens, p. pr of ensurire fr
edere to eat.]
Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] --Bailey. ``Poor,
but esurient.'' --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esurient \E*su"ri*ent\, n.
One who is hungry or greedy. [R.]
An insatiable esurient after riches. --Wood.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
esurient
adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and
sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and
ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a
predatory enemy" [syn: {famished}, {ravenous}, {sharp-set},
{starved}]
2: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;
"avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed";
"fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an
avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: {avid}, {devouring(a)},
{greedy}]
3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {rapacious}, {ravening},
{ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]
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