Thesaurus: esurient

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1. a. Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.
2. n. One who is hungry or greedy.
3. adj. extremely hungry
4. adj. (often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
5. adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities
6. Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. "Poor, but esurient." Carlyle. One who is hungry or greedy. [R.] An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood.
7. Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. "Poor, butesurient." Carlyle.
8. s extremely hungry s (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous s devouring or craving food in great quantities