Both Uses of
famished
in
Night, by Elie Wiesel
- Perhaps even less: a famished stomach.†
p. 52.8 *
- Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, famished, out of breath, we pressed on.†
p. 87.6
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.