hungrisome

English

Alternative forms

• hungrysome, hungrisum (Scotland)

Etymology

From hungry +‎ -some.

Adjective

hungrisome (comparative more hungrisome, superlative most hungrisome)

1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Having a keen appetite, hungry.
   • 1898, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Standard Bearer, page 102:

     For thirty would not suit this hungrisome Quintin of ours.

   • 1925, Henry Williamson, Sun Brothers, page 77:

     "She'm hungrisome, Captain, ” said Abner.

Related terms

• hungersome