Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hungersome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hunger-some
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by hunger

Example Sentences

"“Well, We no got anything else O' that sort,” he said, “but I did just take the bun from the kitchen, because I knew Pinkie would get hungersome.”"

Etymology

From hunger + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hunger

Inflected Forms

more hungersome (comparative) most hungersome (superlative)

Questions

What does hungersome mean?: Characterised or marked by hunger
Where does hungersome come from?: From hunger + -some.

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