esurient
esu·ri·ent
esurient · esurients
One who is greedy or hungryOne who is greedy or hungry.
UK/ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/US/ɪˈsʊ.ɹi.ənt/
Meaning
1 sensesOne who is greedy or hungry.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participleBorrowed 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).
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