- starveling
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I. noun
Date: 1546
one that is thin from or as if from lack of food
II. adjective
Date: 1578
being a starveling; also marked by poverty or inadequacy <starveling wages>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
starveling
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Starveling — Starve ling (st[aum]rv l[i^]ng), n. [Starve + ling.] One who, or that which, pines from lack of food, or nutriment. [1913 Webster] Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Starveling — Starve ling, a. Hungry; lean; pining with want. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
starveling — [stärv′liŋ] n. [ STARVE + LING1] a person or animal that is thin or weak from lack of food adj. 1. starving; weak and hungry 2. suffering, showing, or caused by extreme deprivation; impoverished … English World dictionary
starveling — noun One who is thin from lack of food. If I hang, Ill make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling … Wiktionary
starveling — [ stα:vlɪŋ] archaic adjective starving or emaciated. noun a starveling person or animal … English new terms dictionary
starveling — /stahrv ling/, n. 1. a person, animal, or plant that is starving. adj. 2. starving; suffering from lack of nourishment. 3. pining with want. 4. poverty stricken. 5. poor in condition or quality. 6. such as to entail or suggest starvation. [1540… … Universalium
starveling — starve·ling || stÉ‘rvlɪŋ / stÉ‘Ëv n. person or animal that is suffering from lack of nourishment … English contemporary dictionary
starveling — I. a. Lean, meagre, lank, emaciated, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw boned, hungry, thin, attenuated, ill fed, ill conditioned. II. n. Pauper, mendicant, beggar … New dictionary of synonyms
starveling — noun (C) literary a person or animal that is thin and unhealthy from lack of food … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
starveling — adj 1. starving, very hungry, famished, dying for food; undernourished, underfed, ill fed; starved looking, pinched, withered, shriveled, wizened; emaciate, emaciated, wasted, attenuated, Pathol. tabetic, Pathol. tabid; thin, thin as a reed or… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
