Esurient Definition

ĭ-so͝orē-ənt, ĭ-zo͝or-
adjective
Hungry; voracious; greedy.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
noun

One who is hungry or greedy.

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Other Word Forms of Esurient

Noun

Singular:
esurient
Plural:
esurients

Origin of Esurient

  • Latin ēsuriēns ēsurient- present participle of ēsurīre desiderative of edere to eat ed- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin esurire (“hungry, desiderative verb”), from edō (“to eat”). Etymological twin to edacious (“voracious, ravenous”).

    From Wiktionary

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