esurient

e·su·ri·ent  (-sr-nt, -zr-)

adj.

Hungry; greedy.

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[Latin surins, surient-, present participle of surre, desiderative of edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·suri·ence (-ns), e·suri·en·cy (-n-s) n.

e·suri·ent·ly adv.

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esurient [ɪˈsjʊərɪənt]

adj

greedy; voracious

[from Latin ēsurīre to be hungry, from edere to eat]

esurience , esuriency n

esuriently  adv

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esurient - If you are esurient, you are hungry.

See also related terms for hungry.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	esurient - 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" famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"
	2.	esurient - (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" avid, devouring, greedy desirous, wishful - having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
	3.	esurient - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" edacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish, rapacious, ravening gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"