ahungered

American  

[uh-huhng-gerd] / əˈhʌŋ gərd /

adjective

Archaic.

1. very hungry.

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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

We have watched with deep solicitude the steady disappearance of our scant supply of rations, and from time to time have seen the river snatch a portion of the little left, while we were ahungered.

From Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers by Iles, George

Injustice lengthens out her chain, Greed, yet ahungered, calls for more; But while the eons wax and wane, He storms the barricaded door.

From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee

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

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

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