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famishment
/ˈfæmɪʃmənt/
noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
great, long, utter
FAMISHMENT + NOUN
affordes
PREP.
during
ADV.
almost
Definitions
noun
1
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.
[…] among the French planters, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment during the great portion of the year.
2
Famine.
And there ſhalbe erthquakes / in all quarters / and famyſſhment / and troubles.
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Synonyms
noun — a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential n
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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.
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[…] among the French planters, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment during the great portion of the year.
Wiktionary03
As the young Cuban tasted his flesh, his tropical appetite long depressed by the North American dryness suddenly revived, and brought to his mind the thought of his long famishment.
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