# esurient

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/

## Definitions
1. Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/esurient