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famishments

famishments is the plural of famishment.

Meaning of famishment

Noun

famishment (countable and uncountable, plural famishments)

  1. (literary) The state or process of being famished.
    • Sith you will not attend true Wisedoms Words,
      Laugh and bee fatt, sith al you touch is Gold,
      Though that foode your Soules famishment affordes.c. 1605, John Davies, “I said unto Laughter, what art thou mad?”, in Wittes Pilgrimage
  2. (obsolete) Famine.
    • And there ſhalbe erthquakes / in all quarters / and famyſſhment / and troubles.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark xiij:[8], folio lxiiij, verso

Questions about famishments

What is famishments the plural of?
Famishments is the plural of famishment.

Words near famishments in the dictionary

  1. famished
  2. famishedly
  3. famishes
  4. famishing
  5. famishment
  6. famishments
  7. famisht
  8. famisign
  9. famisigns
  10. famlies
  11. famly

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