superhungry

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English

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Etymology

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From super- +‎ hungry.

Adjective

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superhungry (comparative more superhungry, superlative most superhungry)

  1. Very hungry.
    • 2014 December 29, Erik Lacitis, “We will bury you: Students learn basics at funeral-service school”, in The Seattle Times[1]:
      Says Risbell, “I could smell the decomposition in my hair and clothes. I had to buy another shirt in between classes.” ¶ She says it was past lunchtime. And despite being in all that smell, “I thought it’s weird, but I’m superhungry.”
    • 2021 January 30, Kellen Browning, “They’re Flocking to America to Make a Fortune Playing Video Games”, in The New York Times[2]:
      “They can be the hero for an entire region,” said Chris Greeley, the commissioner of League of Legends’ North American region, called the League Championship Series. “They can be onstage and lift that trophy and deliver that to a region that’s superhungry for it.”

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