famishment

Definition of Famishment in English :

1. famishment, starvation

a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Famishment

verb

1. (now usually passive)

to be or make very hungry or weak

2. archaic

to die or cause to die from starvation

3. Irish

to make very cold

I was famished with the cold

verb transitive, verb intransitive

1.

to make or be very hungry; make or become weak from hunger

2. Obsolete

to starve to death

v. fam·ished, fam·ish·ing, fam·ish·es

v.tr.

1. To cause to endure severe hunger.

2. To cause to starve to death.

v.intr.

1. To endure severe deprivation, especially of food.

2. To undergo starvation and die.