(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:29:11

E*su"ri*ent (?), a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.]

Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.

[R.] Bailey. "Poor, but esurient."

Carlyle.

 

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E*su"ri*ent, n.

One who is hungry or greedy.

[R.]

An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood.

 

© Webster 1913.

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