Athirst
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /əˈθəËst/
Origin
Old English ofþyrst.
Full definition of athirst
Adjective
athirst
- (archaic) Thirsty.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor. Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.
- (figuratively) Eager or extremely desirous (for something).