hungree

English

Adjective

hungree

1. Eye dialect spelling of hungry.

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Etymology

From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋɡriː/

Adjective

hungree

1. hungry

   Synonym: hungherth

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47