famèlic

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin famelicus.

Adjective

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famèlic (feminine famèlica, masculine plural famèlics, feminine plural famèliques)

  1. 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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