Definitions
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Word origin
Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮 /瘾 (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, 煙癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵) or 菸癮 /烟瘾 (jin¹ jan⁵): 煙 /烟 (jin¹), 菸 /烟 (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen.
Used in a sentence
“When banks lend, they create money out of nothing, without withdrawing it from other parts of the economy. This way, fiscal policy would not have crowded out private-sector activity yen by yen, as actually happened.”
“humankind's yen for knowledge”
“She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Currency of Japan”3 letters
02“Desire strongly”3 letters
03“Longing”3 letters
04“Japanese currency”3 letters
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