Word: famished
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: fam
ished
Definition: Extremely hungry.
Morphemes:
Affix: famish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: afamer
Language: fro
Decoded: afamer
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to starve; to deprive of nourishment
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.