ahungered
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ahungered
1375–1425; late Middle English ahungred, equivalent to a- a- 2 + hungred (past participle of hungren to hunger ), modeled on athirst
Example Sentences
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Well, a truce to compliments, for being on the earth even Venus is ahungered.
From Cleopatra by Haggard, Henry Rider
Having eaten nothing since morning, all three were ahungered, but Fred and Terry grimly determined to wait for Deerfoot to suggest a stop before they asked for it.
From The Hunters of the Ozark by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Hereupon they drew him up from the pit and questioned him of his case and he said, "I have fallen into it and I am sore ahungered."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
His soul was ahungered for the bread of life, and stones were18 given him in way of the dull, the ugly, the affected, the smug, the ridiculous.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert
Thus, for a season, did he suffer things unspeakable, wandering in desert places, ahungered, athirst, faint unto death, yet not permitted to die.
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
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