7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
adjective needing moisture
adjective feeling a need or desire to drink
adjective (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
originFrom Middle English thirsty, from Old English þurstiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstug. Equivalent to thirst + -y. Cognate with Dutch dorstig, German durstig.
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