Crossword clues for esurient
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Esurient \E*su"ri*ent\, a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr.
edere to eat.]
Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.]
--Bailey. ``Poor,
but esurient.''
--Carlyle.
Esurient \E*su"ri*ent\, n. One who is hungry or greedy. [R.]
An insatiable esurient after riches.
--Wood.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"inclined to eat," 1670s, from Latin esurientem (nominative esuriens), present participle of esurire "be hungry, hunger, desire to eat," from stem of edere "to eat" (see edible). Related: Esurience; esuriency.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Very hungry or greedy; ravenous. 2 avid n. One who is hungry or greedy.
WordNet
adj. extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" [syn: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved]
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: avid, devouring(a), greedy]
devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]
Usage examples of "esurient".
Lowest of all are those whose esurient vanity, acting on a frivolous levity of mind, urges them to make Literature a plaything for display.
In Kansas City the usual gaggle of esurient sycophants who cannot differentiate between the Artist and the Art rushed the podium for autographs and cheap thrills such as the pressing of flesh.
Bominger, although engaged in vaster commerce far, nevertheless allowed no scruple to interfere with his esurient rapacity.