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esurient

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e⋅su⋅ri⋅ent

  [i-soor-ee-uhnt]
–adjective
hungry; greedy.
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Origin:
1665–75; < L ēsurient- (s. of ēsuriēns, prp. of ēsurīre) hungering, equiv. to ēsur- hunger + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
e⋅su⋅ri⋅ence, e⋅su⋅ri⋅en⋅cy, noun
e⋅su⋅ri⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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e·su·ri·ent   (ĭ-sŏŏr'ē-ənt, ĭ-zŏŏr'-)   
adj.  Hungry; greedy.

[Latin ēsuriēns, ēsurient-, present participle of ēsurīre, desiderative of edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
e·su'ri·ence (-əns), e·su'ri·en·cy (-ən-sē) n., e·su'ri·ent·ly adv.
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