sharp-set

English

Adjective

sharp-set (comparative more sharp-set, superlative most sharp-set)

eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous
an eagle or a lion sharp-set
- Alexander Pope
  The town is sharp-set on new plays.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sharp-set in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

sharpest, sparthes

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