famishment

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famishment

/ˈfæmɪʃmənt/ UK

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From famish + -ment.

noun famishments

countable, literary, uncountable The state or process of being famished. Sith you will not attend true Wisedoms Words, Laugh and bee fatt, sith al you touch is Gold, Though that foode your Soules famishment affordes.
Similar: hunger, inanition, malnourishment, starvation
countable, obsolete, uncountable Famine. And there ſhalbe erthquakes / in all quarters / and famyſſhment / and troubles.

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@misc{famishment_2026,
  title = {famishment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/famishment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}