sharp-set

[ shahrp-set ]

adjective

1. eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
2. keen or eager.
3. set to present a sharply angled edge.

sharp-set

adjective

1. set to give an acute cutting angle
2. keenly hungry
3. keen or eager

Other Words From

• sharp-setness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sharp-set¹

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

Being sharp-set for his breakfast, he came away, telling Ketira he would see her again by-and-by.

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It was eight o'clock, and John had been afield for a couple of hours and had come back with his appetite sharp set.

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A hurried toilet and they went downstairs, sharp-set for breakfast after the long, refreshing sleep.

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Oh, Noel, stinging memory is more merciless than sharp-set hair shirts that fret the flesh.

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I do not think Thus dry and meagre Erisicthon show'd, When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to the quick.

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