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Hungryalism

Hungryalism noun: an experimental movement in arts and literature in West Bengal, India, during the period 1961-1965, claiming that India was in the grip of sarvagrass, meaning that its culture fed on all the morsels available to it from all over the world.

Noun

Hungryalism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An experimental movement in arts and literature in West Bengal, India, during the period 1961-1965, claiming that India was in the grip of sarvagrass, meaning that its culture fed on all the morsels available to it from all over the world.

Origin of Hungryalism

The word was derived from Geoffrey Chaucer's line "in sowre hungry tyme".

Questions about Hungryalism

What does Hungryalism mean?
Hungryalism means an experimental movement in arts and literature in West Bengal, India, during the period 1961-1965, claiming that India was in the grip of sarvagrass, meaning that its culture fed on all the morsels available to it from all over the world.
What part of speech is Hungryalism?
Hungryalism is a noun.

Words near Hungryalism in the dictionary

  1. hungry ghosts
  2. hungry grass
  3. hungry like the wolf
  4. hungry rice
  5. Hungry Thirties
  6. Hungryalism
  7. Hungryalist
  8. Hungryalists
  9. Hungs
  10. Hungtse
  11. hungweiping

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