Meanings
comparative more anhungered · superlative most anhungered · alternative ahungered · alternative anhungred
- obsoleteHungry.
[…]his diſciples wer ãhõgred / and began to plucke the eares off coorne / and to eate.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xij:[1], folio xv, recto – verso
Origin
- Middle Englishan hongred
- Englishanhungered
From Middle English an hongred, anhongred, an-hungred, anhungred, an-hungryd, on hongred, compare of hingrede, ofhungred, from Old English. Equivalent to an- (alternative form of a- (etymology 2), on-) + hungered (past participle of hunger (verb)).
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