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esurient

Esurient (adj) means Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.

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Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).

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"esurient" (adj) means very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.

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