Dictionary entry

Thirsty

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Thirst″y (?), a. [Compar.Thirstier (?); superl.Thirstiest.] [AS. �urstig. See Thirst, n.] 1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. Judges iv. 19.

2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.

A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Ps. lxiii. 1.

When in the sultry glebe I faint,

Or on the thirsty mountain pant. Addison.