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单词 sitient
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sitientadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sitient-, sitiēns, sitīre.
Etymology: < classical Latin sitient-, sitiēns, present participle of sitīre to thirst < sitis thirst < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ϕθίνειν to vanish, perish (compare phthisis n.). Compare earlier siticulous adj. N.E.D. (1911) gives the pronunciation as (si·tiĕnt) /ˈsɪtɪənt/.
Obsolete.
Thirsty; dry, parched; (figurative) greedy, covetous. Also: that induces thirst.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective]
lustfulc893
yevereOE
covetousa1300
unmeasurablea1398
lustsomea1400
over-lustya1500
coveting1526
kitish1566
inexpleble1569
salt1598
over-desirous1647
voraginousa1652
sitient1656
voragious1665
gluttonous1671
ingorgeous1679
voracious1746
edacious1819
snack1883
desperatea1958
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sitient,..thirsting, coveting, desiring much.
a1670 S. Collins Systeme Anat. (1685) i. ii. xxiv. 306 These Famelick, Esurient, and Sitient Spirits are not the Ferments productive of Concoction in the Ventricle, but only incentives, ordained by nature to render us desirous of Aliment.
1713 Capt. Bland Northern Atalantis 19 We resolv'd to revive our Sitient Veins, drooping Spirits, and craving Stomachs, with a Bottle of the Spirit of Malt, and a Beef-Steak.
1842 Bentley's Misc. 12 345 With fresh'ning streams (as summer rains Invigorate the sitient plains) Of Barclay's blessed Beer.
1871 E. Rehatsek tr. Barkhvurdār Ibn Maḣmūd Amusing Stories xxvi. 141 Quench the thirst of a sitient man with a drop of water, and rescue a fainting one from the labyrinth of distress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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