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Meaning of esurient

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  esurient
      adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food
             and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and
             ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory
             enemy" [syn: {famished}, {ravenous}, {sharp-set},
             {starved}, {esurient}]
      2: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;
         "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce
         devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid
         curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: {avid}, {devouring(a)},
         {esurient}, {greedy}]
      3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
         vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
         "voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {esurient}, {rapacious},
         {ravening}, {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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