hunger

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As soon as his hunger was appeased, feeling excited as children do who break loose from their wonted habits, he had more wit, more curiosity, and more good sense than usual.

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  1. noun A strong desire or need for food.
  2. noun The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
  3. noun A strong desire or craving: a hunger for affection.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English hungor.

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  1. from Middle English hunger, honger, from Anglo-Saxon hunger, hungor = Old Saxon hunger, hungar, OFries. hunger, honger = Dutch honger = Old High German hungar, Middle High German G. hunger = lcel. hungr = Swedish Danish hunger = Gothic (Moesogothic) *huggrus, huhrus (for *hunhrus), hunger; cf. hunger, v.
  2. from Middle English hungren, hongren, from Anglo-Saxon hyngran =Old Saxon ge-hungrian = OFries. hungera = Dutch hongeren = Old High German hungiren, hungerōn, Middle High German G. hungern = lcel. hungra = Danish hungre = Swedish hungra = Gothic (Moesogothic) huggrjan, hunger; from the noun. Cf. ahungered, anhungered.
 

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