famishment /ˈfæmɪʃmənt/ noun2 •(literary) The state or process of being famished.Sith you will not attend true Wisedoms Words, Laugh and bee fatt, sith al you touch is Gold, Though that foode your Soules famishment affordes. — 1605 •(no longer used) Famine.And there shalbe erthquakes / in all quarters / and famysshment / and troubles. — 1526 formsfamishments