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Today's Word "starveling"

One who is thin from lack of food on

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starveling \STARV-ling\ (noun) - 1 : One who is thin from lack of food, or who is starving or being starved.

(adjective) - 1 : Being a starveling. 2 : Poor in quality; inadequate.

"Even a starveling like Lieutenant Thomas could look musclebound if he had enough equipment strapped to his webgear."

 

Starveling is from starve (from Old English steorfan, "to die") + the suffix -ling (from Old English).


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