ESURIENT

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. "Poor, but esurient." Carlyle.

2.
n.

One who is hungry or greedy. [R.] An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood.


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