starveling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who is starving (or being starved)

WordNet

Starve"ling noun
Etymology
Starve + -ling.
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment.
    Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.
Starve"ling adjective
Definitions
  1. Hungry; lean; pining with want.

Webster 1913