e 1 s 1 u 1 r 1 i 1 e 1 n 1 t 1
8 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective extremely hungry
adjective (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
adjective devouring or craving food in great quantities
originBorrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- ensuite 7
- entires 7
- entries 7
- neuters 7
- nutsier 7
- retines 7
- retinue 7
- retunes 7
- reunite 7
- suetier 7
- tenures 7
- trienes 7