anhungry

A1N1H4U1N1G2R1Y4

adjective

Hungry.

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Meanings

adjectiveanhungry (comparative more anhungry, superlative most anhungry)

comparative more anhungry · superlative most anhungry · alternative ahungry · alternative an-hungry

  1. obsoleterareHungry.

    The like, consil. 229, or not to eat till he be an-hungry, which rule Berengarius did most strictly observe […].

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition ii, section 1, member 2

Synonyms & antonyms

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hungry

Origin

Variant of ahungry, equivalent to an- + hungry; the former being an alternative form of a- (etymology 2), on-.

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APA

anhungry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anhungry

MLA

“anhungry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anhungry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anhungry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anhungry.

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