Both Uses
parched
in
Interview with the Vampire
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- And now Lestat, who was drawn to weakness like a parched man to water, grabbed her wrist, and she screamed and dropped the lamp.†
Part 1 *parched = dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
- I wondered if the creatures of the dark shunned him, knowing instinctively the parched, crackling thing there was virulent, or whether they swarmed about him in the reeking water, picking his ancient dried flesh from the bones.†
Part 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(parched) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)