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Etymology

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From hungry +‎ -some.

Adjective

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hungrisome (comparative more hungrisome, superlative most hungrisome)

  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Having a keen appetite, hungry.
    • 1898, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Standard Bearer, page 102:
      For thirty would not suit this hungrisome Quintin of ours.
    • 1925, Henry Williamson, Sun Brothers, page 77:
      "She'm hungrisome, Captain, ” said Abner.
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