Both Uses of
famished
in
The Prince and The Pauper
- Nightfall found him leg-weary, half-famished, and his desire as far from accomplishment as ever; so he supped at the Tabard Inn and went to bed, resolved to make an early start in the morning, and give the town an exhaustive search.†
Chpt 17 *
- He got up, lame, stiff, and half famished, washed himself in the river, stayed his stomach with a pint or two of water, and trudged off toward Westminster, grumbling at himself for having wasted so much time.†
Chpt 33
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.