Adjective
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous.
Usage- Dated
- idiomatic
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an eagle or a lion sharp-set
December 7, 1711, Henry Cromwell, letter to Alexander Pope The town is sharp-set on new plays.
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"Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee. "Ye can eat that drop parritch."
Adjective
extremely hungry
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they were tired and famished for food and sleep
a ravenous boy
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the family was starved and ragged
fell into the esurient embrace of a predatory enemy