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English Dictionary: hungriest by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hungry \Hun"gry\, a. [Compar. {Hungrier}; superl. {Hungriest}.]
      [AS. hungrid. See {Hunger}.]
      1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness
            or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager
            desire.
  
      2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
  
                     The cruel, hungry foam.                     --C. Kingsley.
  
                     Cassius has a lean and hungry look.   --Shak.
  
      3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry
            soil. [bd]The hungry beach.[b8] --Shak.
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