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   fam·ine

   /ˈfamən/

   noun

   • 1. extreme scarcity of food: "drought could result in famine throughout the region" Similar scarcity of foodfood shortagesdeprivationwantOpposite plenty
   • ▪ a shortage: "the cotton famine of the 1860s" Similar shortagescarcitylackdearthwantdeficiencyinsufficiencyshortfallundersupplyscantinessrarenesspaucitypovertydroughtunavailabilityrare:exiguityexiguousness
   • ▪ hunger.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from faim ‘hunger’, from Latin fames.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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