esurient

/ɪˈsʊəriənt/

Esurient means extremely hungry. It would be dangerous to leave your esurient brother in charge of the three dozen cupcakes you baked for a birthday party.

Esurient describes someone who's famished or capable of eating an unbelievable amount of food. That's why an esurient group of high school kids might consume an alarming number of pizzas, and a people-eating monster with an esurient glimmer in its eye would make you run the other way. The word implies a greediness that goes beyond mere hunger, and it comes from the Latin root word edere, "to eat."

Definitions of esurient

1. adjective

   extremely hungry
   synonyms: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved

   hungry

   feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
2. adjective

   (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
   synonyms: avid, devouring, greedy

   desirous, wishful

   having or expressing desire for something
3. adjective

   devouring or craving food in great quantities
   synonyms: edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

   gluttonous

   given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink