Famish
21famine — [14] Both famine and famish [14] come ultimately from Latin famēs ‘hunger’. Its Vulgar Latin derivative *faminis produced Old French famine, source of English famine. Famish has come via a more circuitous route: another Vulgar Latin derivative of …
22Coriolan (Shakespeare) —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Coriolan.  facsimile du premier folio de 1623, ouvert à la page de Coriolan Coriolan est une tragédie de William Sh …
23Coriolan (théâtre) — Coriolan (Shakespeare)  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Coriolan.  facsimile du premier folio de 1623, ouvert à la page de Coriolan Coriolan …
24starve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hunger, famish, fast; pine; pinch, scrimp, deny. See parsimony, poverty. Ant., feed. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become weak or die from hunger] Syn. famish, crave, perish; see die 1 , weaken 1 . 2. [To …
25affamish — verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: modification (influenced by famish) of Middle French affamer, afamer more at famish transitive verb obsolete : to cause to hunger : starve …
26fam|ish — «FA ihsh», transitive verb. 1. to make extremely hungry; starve: »He hadn t eaten for ten hours and said he was famished. 2. to starve to death; kill with hunger: »to famish to death. –v.i. 1. to be very hungry: »I am famished. SYNONYM(S): See… …
27Affamish — Af*fam ish ([a^]f*f[a^]m [i^]sh), v. t. & i. [F. affamer, fr. L. ad + fames hunger. See {Famish}.] To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
28Amid — Amidst A*midst , Amid A*mid , prep. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a later addition, as in whilst, amongst, alongst. See …
29Amidst — A*midst , Amid A*mid , prep. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a later addition, as in whilst, amongst, alongst. See… …
30Breast-deep — (br[e^]st d[=e]p ), a. Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. [1913 Webster] Set him breast deep in earth, and famish him. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
