Esurient Definition

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