famishmentn.

/ˈfamɪʃmənt/

Etymology: formed as famish v. + -ment suffix.

Now rare.

a. The state, condition, or process of being famished or starved; an instance of this, hungry appetite. Also †a means of starving.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving

hungerc825

faminec1405

pininga1450

famishmentc1470

famishing1490

starving1549

pine1567

affamishment1588

hunger-starving1592

starvation1762

clemming1773

starvation1775

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xliv. iii For drede of famyshement He treated with the duke Androgeus.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 105/1 Eugenia..was assayled with..famishment in prison.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. i. 414/1 Hee caused the Earle by famishment to yeelde vp his Fort.

1667 Omnia Comesta a Belo 13 The bane of Traffick, and the famishment of the poor Handicrafts man.

1727–36 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1847 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Rem. (1869) I. 279 The sky..in Ireland looks upon famishment and fever.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 107 He with mad famishment, Three gullets opening, snaps up that was thrown.

†b. figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything

littleOE

dear cheapc1325

dearth1340

scanta1350

scantityc1386

scarcenessa1387

scarcitya1400

chertea1420

penury?a1425

poverty?1440

penuritya1500

geason1509

carity1530

scantness1543

famishment1569

fewty1596

famine1611

stint1651

grutch1815

1569 T. Watson in R. Crowley Sophistrie T. Watson i. 207 Not to be partaker of the mysticall supper at all, is famishment and death.

?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. V2^v Laugh and bee fatt, sith al you touch is Gold, Though that foode your Soules famishment affordes.

†2. = famine n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine

hungerc1000

dear1297

deartha1325

fault1340

famine1362

barrennessa1425

affaminea1450

enfaminea1450

wantc1450

scarceness1481

Lang Reeda1525

famishment1526

cleanness of teeth1560

breadlessness1860

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iv. f. lxxix^v Greate fammisshment was troughoute all the londe.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) Mark xiii. 8 Earthquakes..and famishementes and troubles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	famishment
释义	famishmentn. /ˈfamɪʃmənt/ Etymology: formed as famish v. + -ment suffix. Now rare. 1. a. The state, condition, or process of being famished or starved; an instance of this, hungry appetite. Also †a means of starving. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving hungerc825 faminec1405 pininga1450 famishmentc1470 famishing1490 starving1549 pine1567 affamishment1588 hunger-starving1592 starvation1762 clemming1773 starvation1775 c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xliv. iii For drede of famyshement He treated with the duke Androgeus. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 105/1 Eugenia..was assayled with..famishment in prison. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. i. 414/1 Hee caused the Earle by famishment to yeelde vp his Fort. 1667 Omnia Comesta a Belo 13 The bane of Traffick, and the famishment of the poor Handicrafts man. 1727–36 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1847 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Rem. (1869) I. 279 The sky..in Ireland looks upon famishment and fever. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 107 He with mad famishment, Three gullets opening, snaps up that was thrown. †b. figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything littleOE dear cheapc1325 dearth1340 scanta1350 scantityc1386 scarcenessa1387 scarcitya1400 chertea1420 penury?a1425 poverty?1440 penuritya1500 geason1509 carity1530 scantness1543 famishment1569 fewty1596 famine1611 stint1651 grutch1815 1569 T. Watson in R. Crowley Sophistrie T. Watson i. 207 Not to be partaker of the mysticall supper at all, is famishment and death. ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. V2^v Laugh and bee fatt, sith al you touch is Gold, Though that foode your Soules famishment affordes. †2. = famine n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine hungerc1000 dear1297 deartha1325 fault1340 famine1362 barrennessa1425 affaminea1450 enfaminea1450 wantc1450 scarceness1481 Lang Reeda1525 famishment1526 cleanness of teeth1560 breadlessness1860 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iv. f. lxxix^v Greate fammisshment was troughoute all the londe. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Mark xiii. 8 Earthquakes..and famishementes and troubles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1470
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