hungry English · revision 5100

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 950|origins=ang hungrig}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡri/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|hungry]], [[inh|ang|hungriġ|alt=hungrig|t=hungry, famished]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) formed from hungor “hunger” and -ig “-y”.^(MWU 2024)^(Klein 1966) It is a common West Germanic formation, like Dutch hongerig and German hungrig.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) It is related to [[hunger]].^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Feeling hunger, wanting food: about 950 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The figurative sense, eagerly desirous, is from about 1200.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Of times and places marked by famine, it is from about 1250.^(OED 1989) Of food that does not satisfy, or of land that is poor and barren, it is from 1561 and later.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) In Scottish dialect, a ''hungry welcome'' was a cold reception.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 950 – feeling hunger.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1200 – eagerly desirous.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1250 – famine-stricken.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1561 – of food, unsatisfying.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Wanting or needing food.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Having a strong desire for something: ''hungry for success''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Showing hunger: ''a hungry look''.^(AHD)

+ # Of soil, not [[fertile]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hungrily]]

+ * [[hungriness]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hunger]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}