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famish

[ fam-ish ]

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.
  1. to suffer or cause to suffer extreme hunger; starve.
  2. to starve to death.


famish

/ 藞蹿忙尘瑟蕛 /

verb

  1. now usually passive to be or make very hungry or weak
  2. archaic.
    to die or cause to die from starvation
  3. to make very cold

    I was famished with the cold

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿补尘颈蝉丑尘别苍迟, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of famish1

1350鈥1400; Middle English famisshe, equivalent to famen to starve (< Anglo-French, Middle French afamer < Vulgar Latin *补蹿蹿补尘腻谤别, equivalent to Latin af- af- + 蹿补尘腻谤别, derivative of 蹿补尘脓蝉 hunger) + -isshe -ish 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of famish1

C14: from Old French afamer , via Vulgar Latin, from Latin 蹿补尘脓蝉 famine
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"At dinner, overindulgence doesn't happen because you don鈥檛 come to the table famished," she added.

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And audiences, it turned out, were famished for such a protagonist.

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It was Ramadan, and when the time came to break the traditional fast, T was famished.

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The district ranger was expecting the crew at his ranger station, so he and his wife treated the famished smokejumpers to a chicken dinner, ice cream and apple pie when they emerged from the backcountry.

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Forty-two people 鈥 and let鈥檚 not forget they鈥檙e people 鈥 arrived in downtown Los Angeles, presumably famished as well as frightened after a 23-hour bus ride with starvation rations.

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