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sharp-set en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (dated, idiomatic) Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous.
    • "Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee. "Ye can eat that drop parritch." 1880, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped:
    • an eagle or a lion sharp-set
    • December 7, 1711, Henry Cromwell, letter to Alexander Pope The town is sharp-set on new plays.

Forms

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most sharp-set Degree=Sup lexicographic
more sharp-set Degree=Cmp lexicographic