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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
esurient is an adjective meaning "extremely hungry". It carries 3 recorded senses.
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
“avid for adventure”
“an avid ambition to succeed”
“fierce devouring affection”
“the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity”
“greedy for fame”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for esurient come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.