athirst

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈθɝst/ UK /əˈθɜːst/ See IPA manual

adj

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adj
keenly eager or longing; thirsty

The young scholar was athirst for knowledge.

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1 adj · keenly eager or longing;... eager longing yearning avid desirous keen thirsty

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indifferent apathetic satedslaked

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Related forms thirst thirsty

Etymology

From Middle English afurst, from Old English ofþyrsted ('made thirsty'), past participle of ofþyrstan, from of- (intensive) + þyrstan ('to thirst').

ofþyrsted Old English þurstuz Proto-Germanic

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# athirst

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** əˈθɝst
**IPA (UK):** əˈθɜːst

## Meanings
1. keenly eager or longing; thirsty

## Examples
- The young scholar was athirst for knowledge.

## Synonyms
- eager
- longing
- yearning
- avid
- desirous
- keen
- thirsty

## Antonyms
- indifferent
- apathetic
- sated
- slaked

## Related Forms
- thirst
- thirsty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ofþyrsted
- Root: þurstuz

## Etymology
From Middle English afurst, from Old English ofþyrsted ('made thirsty'), past participle of ofþyrstan, from of- (intensive) + þyrstan ('to thirst').

## AI Etymology
Athirst is from Middle English afurst, from Old English ofþyrsted ('made thirsty'), past participle of ofþyrstan, from of- (intensive) + þyrstan ('to thirst'). Important recorded forms include ofþyrsted (Old English) and þurstuz (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers keenly eager or longing; thirsty. The wider family includes related words such as thirst and thirsty.

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- Describing Qualities

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