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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
famine /ˈfamɪn/
▶noun
- 1 extreme scarcity of food.
■ a shortage.
- 2 archaic hunger.
– origin ME: from OFr., from faim ‘hunger’, from L. fames.
'famine' also found in these Oxford entries:
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faced with a world famine
famine
Hunger/Starvation and Famine?
Lydia sometimes had premonitions of a famine-stricken period ....
profoundly / extensively led to great famine
such famine will arise through floods and foul weather that fruit shall fail
the word "famine"
famine
Hunger/Starvation and Famine?
Lydia sometimes had premonitions of a famine-stricken period ....
profoundly / extensively led to great famine
such famine will arise through floods and foul weather that fruit shall fail
the word "famine"
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