Definition

1. Noun:
   • Extreme gluttony; an excessive and insatiable desire to eat: The state or quality of being voraciously hungry or having an abnormally large appetite.
   • An excessive desire or craving for something; greediness: A figurative extension meaning an intense eagerness or greed to acquire or consume something, not limited to food.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The feast did not satisfy his esurience; he continued to eye the buffet ravenously.
  • Her esurience for knowledge led her to read every book in the library on the subject.
  • The critic wrote about the character's moral decay, highlighting his esurience for power and wealth.

Advanced Usage

• "The esurience of the market": Used figuratively to describe an insatiable demand or consumption within an economic or social context.
  • The esurience of the market for new technology drives rapid innovation cycles.

Variants and Related Words

• Esurient (adj): Having a greedy or voracious appetite; eager, desirous.
  • The esurient crowd clamored for more.
• Esuriency (n): A less common variant of , with the same meaning.

Synonyms

• Voracity: The quality of wanting or eating great quantities of food.
• Ravenousness: Extreme hunger.
• Gluttony: Habitual greed or excess in eating.
• Avarice (for the figurative sense): Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
• Cupidity (for the figurative sense): Greed for money or possessions.

Antonyms

• Abstemiousness: The quality of being moderate in eating and drinking.
• Satiety: The state of being full or gratified beyond desire.
• Indifference: Lack of interest or desire.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "An esurient eye": A descriptive phrase for a look of greedy desire.
  • He cast an esurient eye over the rival company's assets.
• "To feed one's esurience": To satisfy an excessive craving (often used critically).
  • The lavish banquet only served to feed the emperor's esurience for luxury.

Noun

1. extreme gluttony
2. excessive desire to eat