famèlic
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin famelicus.
Adjective
[edit]famèlic (feminine famèlica, masculine plural famèlics, feminine plural famèliques)
- ravenous
- Synonym: famolenc
- 2016 December, “Capturat un gos que atemoria uns veïns del Baix Empordà”, in El Periódico[1]:
- El gos estava famèlic i havia arribat a matar 14 gallines per menjar.
- The dog was ravenous and had come to kill 14 hens to eat.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “famèlic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.