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thirstiness|ˈθɜːstɪnɪs| [f. thirsty + -ness.] The quality or condition of being thirsty; thirst.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. clxvii. 1035 There is no man but he is vexed with diuerse chaunges and sortes of thirstinesse. 1619R. Harris Drunkard's Cup 3 It..causes a dropsie and..thirstinesse. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 107 That Thirstiness in me after the Common good. 1872Daily News 15 July, Streams of sightseers, whose curiosity is accompanied by a general thirstiness. 1897Ibid. 19 July 3/1 The terrible and undoubted thirstiness of the season. |