Word of the Day: SITIBUND


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin sitibundus (thirsty),
from Latin sitio (to be thirsty) + abundo (to abound)


EXAMPLE
“…The spas of Germany turned the tide towards Kissingen, Wildbad, and Carlsbad; and now Vichy will be the Thule of the sitibund Britishers who like to drink mineral water in good company, and now learn that they are certain to find both in perfection at Vichy…”

From:
The Mineral Springs of Vichy
By Augustus Bozzi Granville, 1859

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