parched

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɑɹt͡ʃt/
• (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, archived from the original on 3 April 2012:

     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 up

parched

1. simple past and past participle of parch