different between thirsty vs drouthy

English

Alternative forms

• thursty (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thirsti, from Old English þursti?, from Proto-Germanic *þurstugaz. Equivalent to thirst +? -y. Cognate with Dutch dorstig, German durstig.

Pronunciation

• enPR: thûrst??, IPA^(key): /????(?)st.i/

• Rhymes: -??(r)sti

Adjective

thirsty (comparative thirstier, superlative thirstiest)

1. Needing to drink.

   After all that work I am really thirsty.

2. Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink (informal).
3. (figuratively) Craving something.

   I am thirsty for knowledge.

   After the president left office, the nation was thirsty for change.

4. (slang, figuratively) Desiring sex.

   This is the third time that girl brought up her crush. She must really be thirsty for her.

Synonyms

• (needing to drink, craving something): athirst (archaic)
• (needing to drink): parched
• (desiring sex): horny

Derived terms

Related terms

• thirst

Translations

See also

• hungry
• I am thirsty

Anagrams

• thristy

English

Etymology

drouth +? -y

Adjective

drouthy (comparative drouthier or more drouthy, superlative drouthiest or most drouthy)

1. (Scotland, US) Droughty, dry.
   • 1951 June, Herman L. Wascher, R. S. Smith, R. T. Odell, Soil Report 74: Iroquois County Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture, page 13,

     The drouthy sandy soils are not well adapted to the grain crops that grow throughout the summer but may be used for wheat or rye, the deep-rooting legumes, or timber.

   • 1993, Thomas Foti, The River's Gifts and Curses, Jeannie Whayne, Willard B. Gatewood, The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox, page 45,

     That clay will not allow rainwater to penetrate far and will not give up much water to plants, so the site is a drouthy one for plants.

   • 1962 [1948], Paul R. Beath (editor), Louise Pound (editor of 1962 edition), Febold Feboldson: Tall Tales from the Great Plains, page 58,

     Febold was always a good-natured cuss, but he really got peeved one year when the weather got hotter and drier and drouthier every day.

   • 2007, Francis E. Abernethy, Legends of the Trail, Kenneth L. Untiedt (editor), Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore, page 61,

     1886 was the drouthiest year in over a generation, and the wells had dried up, and the black land on Tobe Pickett's farm had cracks in it wide enough to swallow a jackrabbit.

2. (Scotland, US) Thirsty.
   • 1835, Egerton Brydges (editor), Notes on Comus, The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 5, page 252,

     At parting, they bestowed a cup on him of a miraculous make, for it was ever full of wine, let the drinker be ever so drouthy.

   • 1899, John Buchan, A Lost Lady of Old Years, 2013, unnumbered page,

     " […] Help yoursel' to some wine, Mr. Birkenshaw, for it's drouthy work talking."