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Webster 1913 Edition


Starveling

Starve′ling

(stärv′lĭng)
,
Noun.
[
Starve
+
-ling
.]
One who, or that which, pines from lack of food, or nutriment.
Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no
starveling
.
Shakespeare

Starve′ling

,
Adj.
Hungry; lean; pining with want.

Webster 1828 Edition


Starveling

STARVELING

,
Adj.
starvling. Hungry; lean; pining with want.

STARVELING

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

Definition 2024


starveling

starveling

English

Noun

starveling (plural starvelings)

  1. One who is thin from lack of food.
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV Part I, act 2, scene 1:
      If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.

Quotations

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