famishment
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Is famishment a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (now literary) The state or process of being famished.Examples: "Sith you will not attend true Wisedoms Words, Laugh and bee fatt, sith al you touch is Gold, Though that foode your Soules famishment affordes."; "[…] among the French planters, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment during the great portion of the year."; "As the young Cuban tasted his flesh, his tropical appetite long depressed by the North American dryness suddenly revived, and brought to his mind the thought of his long famishment."Synonyms: hunger, inanition, malnourishment, starvationcountableliteraryuncountable
2. (obsolete) Famine.Examples: "And there ſhalbe erthquakes / in all quarters / and famyſſhment / and troubles."countableobsoleteuncountable
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