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Word: Famished
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: past participle of the verb famish, from Middle English fame ‘starve’, from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames ‘hunger’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfamɪʃt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
extremely hungry
Short Definition:extremely hungry
Examples:- I'm famished—is there anything to eat?
- the evacuees were famished, having had no food for 12 hours
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