famine
fa·mine
noun
1.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames.
Phrases
- famine bread
- famine fever
- famine food
- famine or feast
- famine resistant
- famine weed
- feast or famine
- nuclear famine
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