aˈhunger, adv. or pred. a.
[f. a- prefix + hunger; cf. anhungered.]
Hungry; hungering.
| c 1450 Mirk's Festial 127/10 Þe pore..aboden.., sor ahongyr. 1830 Blackw. Mag. Mar. 511/1 The maw of the public, ahunger and athirst for stories of peril. 1922 Joyce Ulysses 261 Lenehan, small eyes ahunger on her humming. |