parched
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑɹt͡ʃt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɑːtʃt/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃt
Adjective
[edit]parched (comparative more parched, superlative most parched)
- Dry.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 8, in Frankenstein[1], archived from the original on 3 April 2012:
- I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness. In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit.
- 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian[2]:
- Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant.
- Very thirsty.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]dry
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thirsty
Verb
[edit]parched
- simple past and past participle of parch