sharp-set

American  

[shahrp-set] / ˈʃɑrpˌsɛt /

adjective

1. eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.

2. keen or eager.

3. set to present a sharply angled edge.

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sharp-set British  

adjective

1. set to give an acute cutting angle

2. keenly hungry

3. keen or eager

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Other Word Forms

• sharp-setness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of sharp-set

First recorded in 1530–40

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Example Sentences

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sharp-set

Savans, lovers, people of leisure, and maidens are passionately sharp-set upon letters; business-people, not at all.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul

I still remembered meals which the women had given me when I had come from some hard expedition, half famished and sharp-set as a wolf.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn

He released her and they hurried hack toward their waterfall, keeping wary eyes sharp-set for danger in any form, animal or vegetable.

From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

But once the breakfast-things cleared away, he found Stair as sharp-set as a terrier at a rat-hole, as it were, nosing after knowledge.

From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

It was the old story of satisfied men made dissatisfied, and now they required the promise of satisfaction for appetites suddenly rendered sharp-set.

From The Way of the Strong by Ridgwell Cullum

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