单词 | hunger-bitten |
释义 | hunger-bittenadj. ‘Bitten’ or pinched with hunger; famished, starved. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > starving or starved hungryc950 ofhungeredOE hungeredc1425 famylousc1475 forhungered1481 hunger-starvena1533 starven1546 hunger-bit1549 hunger-bitten1549 affamished1554 starved1563 starving1581 gaunted1582 famishing1587 food-sick1587 hunger-starving1592 famined1622 gut-foundered1647 hunger-starved1647 starved-gut1653 half-starved1667 clemmed1674 nushed1691 pinch-gutted1704 starve-gutted1726 clemming1773 clung1807 1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. D6v When euerye man for lacke is hongerbitten. 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 12 The hunger-bitten Client to distresse. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 36 A hunger-bitten and idea-less philosophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmashunger-bitten 3. Often combined with instrumental ns., as hunger-bitten, hunger-bit, vice-bitten, etc. See also frostbitten adj. ΚΠ 1599 H. C. in Greenham's Wks. To Rdr., The thirstie soule..Or hunger-bit. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ vi. 78 The leaves..before they are much frost-bitten. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxvii. 164 A man vice-bitten. < as lemmas |
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