2. Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing. ``Athirst for battle.'' --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
athirst — avid, *eager, keen, anxious, agog Analogous words: thirsting, hungering, pining, yearning, longing (see LONG vb): craving, coveting or covetous, desiring or desirous (see corresponding verbs at DESIRE) Contrasted words: *indifferent, unconcerned … New Dictionary of Synonyms
athirst — [ə thʉrst′] adj. [ME ofthurst < OE ofthyrsted, pp. of ofthyrstan < of , intens. + thyrstan, THIRST] 1. Archaic thirsty 2. eager; longing (for a thing) … English World dictionary
athirst — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ofthyrst, past participle of ofthyrstan to suffer from thirst, from of off, from + thyrstan to thirst more at of Date: before 12th century 1. archaic thirsty 2. having a strong eager desire … New Collegiate Dictionary
athirst — /euh therrst /, adj. 1. having a keen desire; eager (often fol. by for): She has long been athirst for European travel. 2. Archaic. thirsty. [bef. 1000; ME athurst, ofthurst, OE ofthyrst, ptp. of ofthyrstan. See A 2, THIRST] * * * … Universalium
athirst — adjective /əˈθəːst/ a) Thirsty. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor. Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.… … Wiktionary
athirst — a•thirst [[t]əˈθɜrst[/t]] adj. 1) having a keen desire; eager (often fol. by for): a poet athirst for recognition[/ex] 2) archaic thirsty • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang
athirst — predic.adj. poet. 1 (usu. foll. by for) eager (athirst for knowledge). 2 thirsty. Etymology: OE ofthyrst for ofthyrsted past part. of ofthyrstan be thirsty … Useful english dictionary
athirst — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Intensely desirous or interested: agog, ardent, avid, bursting, eager, impatient, keen1, solicitous, thirsting, thirsty. Informal: raring. Idioms: champing at the bit, ready and willing. See CONCERN. 2. Archaic … English dictionary for students
athirst — a·thirst || É™ θɜËst adj. eager; thirsty … English contemporary dictionary
athirst — a. 1. Thirsty, dry. 2. Eager, keenly desiring, with fierce desire … New dictionary of synonyms
