Famine
Famine , noun
[French famine, from Latin fames hunger; compare Greek {not transcribed} want, need, Sanskrit hāni loss, lack, hā to leave.]
General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
Worn with famine.
There was a famine in the land.
Collocations (1)
Famine fever (Medicine) , typhus fever.