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forhungered

forhungered adjective: very hungry; dying of hunger; starving.

Adjective

forhungered (comparative more forhungered, superlative most forhungered)

  1. (archaic) Very hungry; dying of hunger; starving.
    • They take like lean forhungered hounds,
      And for a while their praise resounds […]1897, The History of Reynard the Fox
    • He died forhungered.1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, page 143

Forms of forhungered

comparativemore forhungered
superlativemost forhungered

Origin of forhungered

From Middle English forhungred, forhongred, forhyngrede (“famished, lean”), equivalent to for- (“exceedingly, very”) + hungered. Compare Dutch verhongerd (“starving, famished”), German verhungert (“starving, famished”).

Questions about forhungered

What does forhungered mean?
Forhungered means very hungry; dying of hunger; starving.
What part of speech is forhungered?
Forhungered is an adjective.

Words near forhungered in the dictionary

  1. forholds
  2. forhow
  3. forhowed
  4. forhowing
  5. forhows
  6. forhungered
  7. forhush
  8. forhushes
  9. forinsec
  10. forint
  11. forints

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