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anhungry

anhungry adjective: hungry.

Adjective

anhungry (comparative more anhungry, superlative most anhungry)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Hungry.
    • The like, consil. 229, or not to eat till he be an-hungry, which rule Berengarius did most strictly observe […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC...

Forms of anhungry

comparativemore anhungry
superlativemost anhungry
alternative formahungry
alternative forman-hungry

Origin of anhungry

Variant of ahungry, equivalent to an- + hungry; the former being an alternative form of a- (etymology 2), on-.

Questions about anhungry

What does anhungry mean?
Anhungry means hungry.
What part of speech is anhungry?
Anhungry is an adjective.

Words near anhungry in the dictionary

  1. anhomomorphic
  2. Anhor
  3. Anhui
  4. anhungered
  5. anhungred
  6. anhungry
  7. Anhur
  8. Anhwei
  9. anhyd.
  10. anhydramnion
  11. anhydramnios

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