Starveling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Starveling is a noun meaning One who is thin from lack of food.
Meaning
One who is thin from lack of food.
More Meanings
- Starving; suffering from starvation.
- Meagre; scanty.
Example Sentences
[A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity.
The lean, drawn starvelings in their dream-stupefied state were jealous of my well filled out, prosperous form.
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.
As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]
Word Forms
- starvelings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include starving, starvation, semistarvation, emaciation, undernourishment, asthenic.
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