affamish
English
Etymology
From French affamer, from Latin ad + fames (“hunger”). Compare famish.
Verb
affamish (third-person singular simple present affamishes, present participle affamishing, simple past and past participle affamished)
- (obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
- Edmund Spenser
- With light thereof I do myself sustain,
And thereon feed my love affamisht heart.
- With light thereof I do myself sustain,
- Edmund Spenser
Related terms
- famish
- famine