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Webster 1913 Edition

Famishment

Fam′ish-ment

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Noun.

State of being famished.

Webster 1828 Edition

Famishment

FAM'ISHMENT

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Noun.

The pain of extreme hunger or thirst; extreme want of sustenance.

Definition 2024

famishment

famishment

English

Noun

famishment ‎(plural famishments)

Starvation; the fact or process of being famished.
(obsolete) Famine.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIII:
  And there shalbe erthquakes, in all quarters, and famysshment, and troubles.