Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ahungered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ahun-gered
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pinched with hunger; very hungry.

Example Sentences

"To this extenuated spectre, perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year; but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner, […]"
"May be my strength on which they lean; / My voice! Oh, may each wanderer heed; / My table those ahungered feed."

Etymology

From Middle English a-hungred, a hungryd, equivalent to a- + hungered.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a
Root: a-hungred

Inflected Forms

more ahungered (comparative) most ahungered (superlative) anhungered (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ahungry

Questions

What does ahungered mean?: Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
Where does ahungered come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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