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starveling

N ผู้ อด อาหารตา ย  ผู้ อดอยาก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STARVELING

a.starvling. Hungry; lean; pining with want.

 

STARVELING

n.starvling. An animal or plant that is made thin, lean and weak through want of nutriment. And thy poor starveling bountifully fed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STARVELING

Starve "ling, n. Etym: [Starve + -ling. ]

 

Defn: One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.

 

STARVELING

STARVELING Starve "ling, a.

 

Defn: Hungry; lean; pining with want.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

starveling

starve ling |ˈstärvliNG ˈstɑrvlɪŋ | archaic noun an undernourished or emaciated person or animal. adjective (of a person or animal ) lacking enough food; emaciated: a starveling child.

 

Oxford Dictionary

starveling

starveling |ˈstɑːvlɪŋ | archaic noun an undernourished or emaciated person or animal. adjective lacking enough food; emaciated: a starveling child.