esurient

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/, /ɪˈʃʊə.ɹi.ənt/, /iː-/, /ɛ-/, /ə-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈsʊ.ɹi.ənt/, /ə-/, /-ˈzʊ-/ Hyphenation: esu‧ri‧ent === Adjective === esurient (comparative more esurient, superlative most esurient) (formal, now often humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager. [from late 17th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voracious ==== Derived terms ==== esurience esuriently ==== Related terms ==== esurine ==== Translations ==== === Noun === esurient (plural esurients) One who is greedy or hungry. ==== Translations ==== === See also === esculent === References === === Anagrams === Turinese, neurites, retinues, reunites, unitrees, uterines == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈsʊ.ri.ɛnt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈs̬uː.ri.ent] === Verb === ēsurient third-person plural future active indicative of ēsuriō