esurience

e·su·ri·ent

 (ĭ-so͝or′ē-ənt, ĭ-zo͝or′-)

adj.

Hungry; greedy.

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[Latin ēsuriēns, ēsurient-, present participle of ēsurīre, desiderative of edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·su′ri·ence (-əns), e·su′ri·en·cy (-ən-sē) n.

e·su′ri·ent·ly adv.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	esurience - excessive desire to eat     edacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity hunger, hungriness - a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
	2.	esurience - extreme gluttony       rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity, edacity gluttony - habitual eating to excess

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