a. rare. [f. THIRST sb. + -FUL.] Full of thirst; thirsty.
1836. W. G. Simms, Mellichampe, I. xxii. 213. The eyes of the inveterate foes glared upon each other with the thirstful expression of demoniac hate.
1865. Reader, No. 151. 568/1. A dry, arid, thirstful land.
1871. G. Meredith, H. Richmond, xxix. My other eager thirstful self I shook off like a thing worn out.
