thirsty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Feeling the need to drink.

   After playing in the sun, the children were very thirsty.

2. 2
   adj

   Causing you to want to drink.

   Digging the garden is thirsty work.

3. 3
   adj

   Having a strong desire for something.

   The young scientist was thirsty for knowledge.

From Middle English thirsty, from Old English þurstiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstug. Equivalent to thirst + -y. Cognate with Dutch dorstig, German durstig.

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