Extremely hungry or greedy, showing a strong desire or craving for something.
From Latin 'esurire' meaning 'to hunger' or 'be hungry.' The suffix '-ent' indicates a state or quality. The word evolved to describe not just physical hunger but intense yearning or desire for anything.
This word is almost never used in casual speech, but medieval writers loved it to describe desperate poverty and starvation—it's like 'ravenous' had a more literary, dramatic cousin!
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