famishment

Variant of famish

famish definition

fam·ish (fam′is̸h)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to make or be very hungry; make or become weak from hunger
  2. Obsolete to starve to death

Etymology: ME famishen, altered (after verbs ending in -ish-: see -ish) < famen, aphetic < OFr afamer < VL *affamare < L ad, to + fames, hunger: see famine

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