Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thirstier"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Thirsty \Thirst"y\, a. [Compar. {Thirstier}; superl.
{Thirstiest}.] [AS. [thorn]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.

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