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athirst, ppl. a.|əˈθɜːst|
Forms: 1 of-þyrst(ed, 3–4 of-þurst; 4 afurst, 5 afforst; 4 athrist, -yst, 4–6 athurst(e, athrust, 5–6 athyrst(e, 6– athirst.
[Worn-down form of OE. ofþyrst, for ofþyrsted, pa. pple. of ofþyrstan to suffer thirst, be very thirsty. Cf. a- hungered, and a- prefix 3.]
1. Suffering from, or oppressed by, thirst; thirsty.
a1000Soul (Gr.) 40 Ic ofþyrsted wæs..gástes drynces. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 Þe neddre beð of-þurst..and drinkeð. c1300Vox & Wolf 273 He wes hofthurst swithe stronge. c1305St. Kenelm in E.E.P. (1862) 56 Aþurst hi were for werinisse. c1320Cast. Love (Halliw.) 1654 When I was afurst ȝe ȝeve me dryng. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxxviii. (1495) 153 A drye stomake is sone athryst. c1480Robt. Devyll 20 If ye be a thrust ye shall drynke nowe. a1500Frere & Boy 21 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 61 Nor halffe ynowh therof he had, Oft he was afforst. 1535Coverdale Judges iv. 19 Geue me a litle water to drynke, for I am a thyrst. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. III 213 And, when athirst, restrain 'em from the Flood. 1805Southey Madoc in W. v. Wks. V. 43 Fatigued and hungry and athirst.
2. fig. Eager, earnestly desirous, longing (for).
1480Caxton Chron. Eng. lxxv. 59 To hem that ben a thyrste hys worde shal be Gospell. 1535Coverdale Ps. xlii. 1 My soule is a thurste for God. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. i. ix. 23 He is athirst to know the issue of the matter. 1877L. Morris Epic Hades ii. 132 Bold young hearts, Athirst for fame of war. |