"egence" meaning in All languages combined

See egence on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: egences [plural]
Etymology: From Latin egens, egentis, present participle of egere (“to be needy, suffer want”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|egens}} Latin egens Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} egence (countable and uncountable, plural egences)
  1. The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-egence-en-noun-mpDEIvJ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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