Esurient: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Esurient adjective. Hungry or greedy.
How to say it
ih-SYOOR-ee-unt/ɪˈsjʊəriənt/
4 syllables, stressed on the second (SYOOR).
Esurient in a sentence
The esurient students descended on the free buffet like locusts.
There is something esurient about the way he eyes other people’s plates.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- hungry
- greedy
- ravenous
- avid
Opposite:
- sated
Where esurient comes from
From Latin esurire, to be hungry.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
There is something _____ about the way he eyes other people’s plates.
- bibulous
- esurient
- abstemious
Show the answer
esurient: There is something esurient about the way he eyes other people’s plates.