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hungrisome

hungrisome adjective: having a keen appetite, hungry.

Adjective

hungrisome (comparative more hungrisome, superlative most hungrisome)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Having a keen appetite, hungry.
    • For thirty would not suit this hungrisome Quintin of ours.1898, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Standard Bearer, page 102
    • "She'm hungrisome, Captain, ” said Abner.1925, Henry Williamson, Sun Brothers, page 77

Forms of hungrisome

comparativemore hungrisome
superlativemost hungrisome
alternative Scotlandhungrysome
alternative Scotlandhungrisum

Origin of hungrisome

From hungry + -some.

Questions about hungrisome

What does hungrisome mean?
Hungrisome means having a keen appetite, hungry.
What part of speech is hungrisome?
Hungrisome is an adjective.

Words near hungrisome in the dictionary

  1. hungrifies
  2. hungrify
  3. hungrifying
  4. hungrily
  5. hungriness
  6. hungrisome
  7. hungry
  8. hungry as a hog
  9. Hungry Forties
  10. hungry gap
  11. hungry gaps

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