famishment

noun

1. (countable, literary, uncountable)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.”

   “[…] among the French planters, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment during the great portion of the year.”

   “As the young Cuban tasted his flesh, his tropical appetite long depressed by the North American dryness suddenly revived, and brought to his mind the thought of his long famishment.”

   “He churned the emptiness of my stomach, and stirred the fury of my famishment.”

2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Famine.

   “And there ſhalbe erthquakes / in all quarters / and famyſſhment / and troubles.”