thirsty

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Besides, they were thirsty-- thirsty to an extreme degree.

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  1. adjective Desiring to drink.
  2. adjective Arid; parched: thirsty fields.
  3. adjective Craving something: thirsty for news.

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  • We were now feeling hungry as well as thirsty, and I was very faint; still, knowing that it would not do to give in, I struggled on as well as I could. —  In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
  • I'm alius willin' to oblige any man wot is thirsty, and wot wants a drink; but I aint a-goin' to attend on yer like a slave when I 'as cleanin' to do. —  Tom Gerrard
  • He too was thirsty, and hungry as well, and though he was not gagged nor bound, he suffered, in anticipation, the punishment he expected to receive when he and his wickedness should be discovered. —  Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy
  • I was extremely hungry and thirsty, and the warmth and cheerfulness of the fire set me yearning for a hot meal. —  The Frozen Pirate
  • I was thirsty, double thirsty, in the nasty sandy country--thirsty for want of water, and twice as thirsty to get to know how things were going on. —  Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer
 

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  1. Early modern English and dial. also thristy; from Middle English thursti, thresti, thristi, from Anglo-Saxon thurstig, thrystig = OFries. dorstig, torstig = Dutch dorstig = Middle Low German dorstich, Low German dorstig = Old High German durstag, Middle High German durstec, German durstig = Swedish Danish törstig (cf. Icelandic thyrstr), thirsty; as thirst + -y.
 

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