sharp-set
English
Adjective
sharp-set (comparative more sharp-set, superlative most sharp-set)
- (dated, idiomatic) eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous
- an eagle or a lion sharp-set
- December 7, 1711, Henry Cromwell, letter to Alexander Pope
- The town is sharp-set on new plays.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sharp-set in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- sharpest, sparthes, spreaths