esurient C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ɪˈsʊriənt/ UK /ɪˈsjʊəriənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj hungry or greedy The esurient guests fell upon the banquet the moment it was served. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · hungry or greedy hungrygreedyravenousvoraciousrapaciousfamished ↔ Opposites satiatedsatedfull Word family Derived forms esurienceesuriencyesuriently Etymology AI details From Latin esurientem, present participle of esurire 'to be hungry, desire food', a desiderative of edere 'to eat'. esurire Latin edere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # esurient **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪˈsʊriənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪˈsjʊəriənt/ ## Meanings 1. hungry or greedy ## Examples - The esurient guests fell upon the banquet the moment it was served. ## Synonyms - hungry - greedy - ravenous - voracious - rapacious - famished ## Antonyms - satiated - sated - full ## Derived Forms - esurience - esuriency - esuriently ## Roots and Affixes - Root: esurire - Root: edere ## Etymology From Latin esurientem, present participle of esurire 'to be hungry, desire food', a desiderative of edere 'to eat'. ## AI Etymology Esurient is from Latin esurientem, present participle of esurire 'to be hungry, desire food', a desiderative of edere 'to eat'. Important recorded forms include esurire (Latin) and edere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers hungry or greedy. The wider family includes derived forms such as esurience, esuriency, and esuriently. ## Topics - Food & Drink - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown