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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I saw that Sam was to be one of a gigantic new kind of men to whom all who were ahungered and athirst would come to be cared for.
From Over Paradise Ridge A Romance by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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
Well, a truce to compliments, for being on the earth even Venus is ahungered.
From Cleopatra by Haggard, Henry Rider
Truly they were ahungered, but could never quite lose their waggishness.
From Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
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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