parched

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɑɹtʃt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɑːtʃt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃt

parched (comparative more parched, superlative most parched)

1. Dry.
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 8, in Frankenstein‎:

     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:

     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.

2. Very thirsty.

parched

1. simple past tense and past participle of parch