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esurients

esurients is the plural of esurient.

Meaning of esurient

Noun

esurient (plural esurients)

  1. One who is greedy or hungry.
    • Sure it is that he [Philip Nye] was a moſt dangerous and ſeditious Perſon, a politick Pulpit driver of Independency, an inſatiable eſurient after riches, and what not to raiſe a family and to heap up wealth.1691, [Anthony Wood], “PHILIPP NYE”, in Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the...

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Questions about esurients

What is esurients the plural of?
Esurients is the plural of esurient.

Words near esurients in the dictionary

  1. esurience
  2. esuriences
  3. esuriency
  4. esurient
  5. esuriently
  6. esurients
  7. esurine
  8. ESUs
  9. ESV
  10. ESVP
  11. ESVPs

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