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hanker

verb

  1. to feel a strong desire for or to do something
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/

verb

Etymology: With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.

  1. To crave, want or desire.

    “If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.”

    ““O ’tis true enough, faith. I cannot understand Farmer Boldwood being such a fool at his time of life as to ho and hanker after thik^([sic]) woman in the way ’a do, and she not care a bit about en.””