Definition of "athirst" in English

adjective

1. (archaic) Thirsty.

2. (figuratively) Eager or extremely desirous (for something).

   • 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, The Gardener, translated from the Bengali by the author, 5, I am restless. I am athirst for far-away things. My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance.