starveling

Definition

One who is thin from lack of food.

Etymology

From starve + -ling.

Example Sentences

• "If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling."
• "As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]"