astir

English

Etymology

a- +‎ stir

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Adjective

astir (comparative more astir, superlative most astir)

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.

Anagrams

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

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