starveling
111lank — a. Lean, thin, meagre, attenuated, slim, slender, starveling, skinny, scraggy, gaunt, emaciated …
112beggar — I. n. Mendicant, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person. II. v. a. 1. Impoverish, ruin, render poor, reduce to poverty, bring to want. 2. Exhaust, surpass, exceed, baffle, go beyond, be above, put at fault, show to be inadequate …
113bony — adjective his pale, bony face Syn: gaunt, angular, skinny, thin, lean, spare, spindly, skin and bones, skeletal, emaciated, underweight; informal like a bag of bones; rare starveling, macilent, gracile Ant: plump …
114wither — wither, shrivel, wizen mean to lose or cause to lose freshness and smoothness of appearance. Wither implies a loss of vital moisture (as sap or body fluids) with consequent fading or drying up and ultimate decay or death {withered leaves}… …
115φθίνυλλα — starveling fem nom/voc sg …
116-ling — 1. suffix. 1 denoting a person or thing: a connected with (hireling; sapling). b having the property of being (weakling; underling) or undergoing (starveling). 2 denoting a diminutive (duckling), often derogatory (lordling). Etymology: OE (as… …
117ca|nard — «kuh NAHRD», noun, verb. –n. 1. a false rumor; exaggerated report; hoax: »After World War I, the canard spread that France had even collected rent for the use of trenches on its soil (Time). 2. a) an airplane with its stabilizer and elevators… …
118starve|ling — «STAHRV lihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. starving; hungry: »Women nursed their starveling infants (Katherine Anne Porter). 2. = poverty stricken. (Cf. ↑poverty stricken) –n. a person or animal that is suffering from lack of food …
