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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

/ ˈæɪʃ /

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

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Derived Forms

  • ˈڲ󳾱Գ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of famish1

1350–1400; Middle English famisshe, equivalent to famen to starve (< Anglo-French, Middle French afamer < Vulgar Latin *ڴڲ, equivalent to Latin af- af- + ڲ, derivative of ڲŧ hunger) + -isshe -ish 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of famish1

C14: from Old French afamer , via Vulgar Latin, from Latin ڲŧ famine
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"At dinner, overindulgence doesn't happen because you don’t 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 — and let’s not forget they’re people — arrived in downtown Los Angeles, presumably famished as well as frightened after a 23-hour bus ride with starvation rations.

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