hungrisome
English
Alternative forms
- hungrysome, hungrisum (Scotland)
Etymology
From hungry + -some.
Adjective
hungrisome (comparative more hungrisome, superlative most hungrisome)
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Having a keen appetite, hungry.
- 1898, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Standard Bearer, page 102:
- For thirty would not suit this hungrisome Quintin of ours.
- 1925, Henry Williamson, Sun Brothers, page 77:
- "She'm hungrisome, Captain, ” said Abner.
Related terms
- hungersome