[f. as prec. + -ENCY.] The quality or state of being esurient; fondness for eating.
1819. L. Hunt, Indicator, No. 12 (1822), I. 91. His third era of esuriency takes place in the house of a Spanish gentleman.
1833. New Monthly Mag., XXXVIII. 223. That were as endless as Mr. Dando’s infinite esuriency.
1886. W. S. Lilly, Chapt. Europ. Hist., I. 30. The eye speaks of nothing but dull esuriency.
