a. Obs. [ad. L. famēlic-us hungry, f. fames hunger. Cf. F. famélique.] Pertaining to hunger; in quots.: Exciting hunger, appetizing.
1614. B. Jonson, Barth. Fair, III. i. It were a sin of obstinacy, to decline or resist the good titillation of the famelic sense, which is the smell.
1651–3. Jer. Taylor, Serm. for Year (1678), 112. The famelick smells of Meat.
