Exsiccated/Exsiccation - was trying to think of a single English term that could be the equivalent of starvation; like if someone was dying of thirst, but I felt parched isn’t weighted enough to fulfill the gravity of it.
In latin exsiccare meant to dry up completely, so that’s how we got here I guess.
Thoughts? Is there a term I have forgotten that fits what I was looking for?
No single word im aware of, exsiccation sounds cool.
My only speed bump is hyperbolically saying “Yes I’m exsiccating”, but that’s fine. Parched or dehydrated are technically correct, but don’t have the same punch as “starving”.