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Thirstiness

noun
1.
A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall).  Synonyms: aridity, aridness.
2.
A physiological need to drink.  Synonym: thirst.
3.
Strong desire for something (not food or drink).  Synonyms: hunger, hungriness, thirst.  "Hunger for affection"






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"Thirstiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... persuade the unfortunate slaveholder to be just to himself, to his fellow men, and to his God,—and the governor, true to the horrid sentiments of his famous message, would advise that he be "put to death without benefit of clergy." Let slaveholders say what they will about our blood-thirstiness, there is not one of them who fears to put himself in our power. The many of them, who have been beneath my roof, and the roofs of other abolitionists, have manifested their confidence in our kindness. Were a stranger to the institution of slavery to learn, in answer to his ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society



Words linked to "Thirstiness" :   dryness, waterlessness, xerotes, desire, thirsty, drive, polydipsia, dehydration



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