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   famish

   /ˈfamɪʃ/

   verb

   • 1. reduce (someone) to extreme hunger: archaic "they had famished the city into surrender"
   • ▪ be extremely hungry. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English: from obsolete fame ‘starve, famish’, from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames ‘hunger’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

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