Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this a calque <span class="searchmatch">from</span> German or Yiddish?”) <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> (idiomatic) Of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate...
<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>, <span class="searchmatch">from</span> Old English hungor (“<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>, desire; famine”), <span class="searchmatch">from</span> Proto-West Germanic *hungr, <span class="searchmatch">from</span> Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>”), <span class="searchmatch">from</span> Proto-Indo-European...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> <span class="searchmatch">From</span> Middle High German <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>, <span class="searchmatch">from</span> Old High German hungar, <span class="searchmatch">from</span> Proto-West Germanic *hungr, <span class="searchmatch">from</span> Proto-Germanic *hungruz. IPA(key):...
<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> pang (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> pangs) (medicine) A burning pain in the gastrointestinal area that occurs with mild <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> and is...
antihunger <span class="searchmatch">From</span> anti- + <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>. anti-<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> (not comparable) of or relating to activity and policies directed towards eliminating <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> as social problem...
<span class="searchmatch">From</span> <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> is the best sauce or related phrases. <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> sauce (uncountable) (rare, idiomatic) An alluring taste or smell in a food....
<span class="searchmatch">From</span> <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> + -er. <span class="searchmatch">hungerer</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">hungerers</span>) One who <span class="searchmatch">hungers</span> or yearns. 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under...
<span class="searchmatch">From</span> <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> + -less. hungerless (not comparable) Devoid of <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>; not hungry. hungerlessness...
(“<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>, <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> strike”), Uyghur ئاچلىق (achliq, “<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>”), Turkish açlık (“<span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>”). IPA(key): [ɑsˈɫɯ̞q] Hyphenation: ас‧лыҡ аслыҡ • (aslıq) <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span>;...
<span class="searchmatch">From</span> <span class="searchmatch">hunger</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">hungerly</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">hungerly</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">hungerly</span>) (obsolete) Hungrily. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 48, in John...