Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sitient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: si-tient
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Formal

Example Sentences

"So that (as I apprehend) theſe Famelick, Eſurient, and Sitient Spirits are not the Ferments product of Concoction in the Ventricle, but only incentives, ordained by nature to render us deſirous of Aliment, to repair the decaying frame of our Body."
"Oh, Christopher rheumatism doth not seem to have made thee less esurient or sitient, when the hospitality of Glasgow, or of other gormandizing and boozing places, is within thy reach."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sitiēns (“thirsting, thirsty”).

Usage

Formal

Questions

What does sitient mean?: Thirsty.
Where does sitient come from?: Borrowed from Latin sitiēns (“thirsting, thirsty”).

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