All 5 Uses of
famished
in
Jane Eyre
- From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion.†
p. 71.7 *
- We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia; and not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us, as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.†
p. 86.5
- Is she ill, or only famished?†
p. 387.1
- Famished, I think.†
p. 387.1
- But I always woke and found it an empty mockery; and I was desolate and abandoned — my life dark, lonely, hopeless — my soul athirst and forbidden to drink — my heart famished and never to be fed.†
p. 501.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(famished) extremely hungry
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, famished can refer to a need for something other than food -- such as famished for news.