• Athirst

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /əˈθəːst/

    Origin

    Old English ofþyrst.

    Full definition of athirst

    Adjective

    athirst

    1. (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.
    2. (figuratively) Eager or extremely desirous (for something).
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