“thirsted” is a form of
thirst
UK /θɜːst/ · US /θɝst/ noun, verb
Forms thirsts thirsting thirsted
- noun A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane. “We developed a great thirst during our hike.”
- noun The condition producing the sensation of thirst. “If you go out in the desert for long without water, the thirst can drive you mad.”
- noun (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing. “She had a real thirst for news and that greatly helped her career.”
- noun (figuratively) Sexual lust. “He had a thirst for her and she had the same for him.”
- verb (intransitive) To be thirsty.
- verb (intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently. “I thirst for knowledge and education will sate me.”
Synonyms
craving longing thirstiness hunger hungriness crave starve lust
Etymology
From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Faroese tosti, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tørst, Norwegian Nynorsk tørste). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Latin terra, Latin torridus.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
- noun Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; --usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
- verb To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
- verb To have a vehement desire.
Etymology [OE. thirst, þurst, AS. þurst, þyrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become dry, tesai`nein to dry up, Skr. trssh to thirst. *54. Cf. Torrid.]
Etymology [AS. . See Thirst, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “thirst”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details