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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Having for my luncheon that day suffered an up-to-date dinner at Budds's, I felt a genuine craving for food; yet the spell of my hostess was such that I left her table ahungered.
From The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson
M. Thou art ahungered, worthy Sakyamuni, Ahungered art thou from continued fasts, And thou wilt starve unless thou take and eat.
From The Buddha A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes by Paul Carus
No doubt I was often hot, often cold, often footsore, often ahungered and athirst: no doubt; but all that has faded now.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
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 Edgar Lee Masters
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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