thirsty
English
/ˈθɜː(ɹ)st.i/
adj
Definitions
- Needing to drink.
- Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink (informal).
- (figurative) Craving something.
- (slang) Desiring sex.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thirsti inherited from Old English þurstiġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *þurstugaz suffix from English thirst.
Origin
English
thirst
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- athirst English
- blood English
- bloodthirst English
- bloodthirstily English
- bloodthirstiness English
- bloodthirsty English
- bloodthirstyness English
- cum English
- cumthirsty English
- forthirst English
- nonthirsty English
- thirst English
- thirst-buster English
- thirster English
- thirstest English
- thirsteth English
- thirstful English
- thirstily English
- thirstiness English
- thirstland English
- thirstless English
- unbloodthirsty English
- unthirsty English
- Durst German
- Durstigkeit German
- abenteuerdurstig German
- durstig German
- bloeddorstig Dutch, Flemish
- dorst Dutch, Flemish
- dorstig Dutch, Flemish
- *þurstugaz Proto-Germanic
- blodtörstig Swedish
- törstig Swedish
- þurstiġ Old English
- thirst Middle English
- thirsti Middle English
- þyrstr Old Norse
- dorstich Middle Dutch
- dorstig Afrikaans