astir

English

Etymology

a- +‎ stir

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Adjective

astir (comparative more astir, superlative most astir)

1. In motion; characterized by motion.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, Chapter VII:

     Wilson, who was acting as cook, was up and astir at his duties in the cook-house. The others slept; but I arose and followed by Nobs went down to the stream for a plunge.

2. Out of bed; up and about.

Anagrams

• ISTAR, Ritsa, Sarti, Stair, airts, arist, sitar, stair, stria, tarsi, tiars, tisar