Word Meanings - STARVELING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.

Related words: (words related to STARVELING)

• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• NUTRIMENTAL
  Nutritious.
• PINESAP
  A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa , formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
• NUTRIMENT
  1. That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South. 2.
• STARVELING
  One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.
• SLOPPINESS
  The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.
• SAPPINESS
  The quality of being sappy; juiciness.
• CREEPINESS
  An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin. She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander.
• SOAPINESS
  Quality or state of being soapy.
• ROPINESS
  Quality of being ropy; viscosity.
• SLIPPINESS
  Slipperiness. "The slippiness of the way." Sir W. Scott.
• NAPPINESS
  The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.
• SPINESCENCE
  The state or quality of being spinescent or spiny; also, a spiny growth or covering, as of certain animals.
• SLEEPINESS
  The quality or state of being sleepy.
• STEEPINESS
  Steepness. Howell.
• STUMPINESS
  The state of being stumpy.
• PULPINESS
  the quality or state of being pulpy.
• HAPPINESS
  1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak. 2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that
• DUMPINESS
  The state of being dumpy.