affamishment

English

Etymology

From affamish +‎ -ment.

Noun

affamishment (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) starvation or great hunger
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     affamishment of his body

Related terms

• famish

References

• “affamishment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.