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▪ I. hungering, vbl. n.|ˈhʌŋgərɪŋ|
[f. hunger v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb hunger; craving, longing.
1638Wilkins New World i. (1707) 1 An Earnestness and Hungering after Novelty. 1678Bunyan Pilgr. i. 115 He findeth hungrings and thirstings after him. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. vi. iv, France has begun her long Curriculum of Hungering. 1891Athenæum 10 Jan. 51/1 The insane hungering after quarterings.
▪ II. ˈhungering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That hungers; hungry.
971Blickl. Hom. 5 Þa hingriᵹendan he ᵹefylleþ mid godum. a1300E.E. Psalter cvi[i]. 9 Hungrand saule he filled with gode. a1340Hampole Psalter cxlv. 5 He gifis mete til hungirand. a1882Rossetti House of Life vi, The half⁓drawn hungering face.
Hence ˈhungeringly adv., hungrily, longingly.
1884A. Forbes in Eng. Illustr. Mag. I. 456 Tidings which peoples awaited hungeringly or tremblingly. |