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Definition of Thirst for knowledge
1. Noun. Curiosity that motivates investigation and study.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirst For Knowledge
Literary usage of Thirst for knowledge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A.: Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by by Walter Thornbury (1897)
"thirst for knowledge IN OLD AGE. ONE of the most admirable points in Turner's
mind was that it never grew old. Far from petrifying into unreceptive fixity, ..."
2. The Evolution of Modern Germany by William Harbutt Dawson (1911)
"... in their praise—Expenditure in sickness and accident benefit and old-age
pensions—The German workmen's thirst for knowledge—A visit to their educational ..."
3. Proceedings of the National Electric Light Association by Convention, National Electric Light Association (1888)
"with this, to produce in the minds of men, thought, deep, concentrated and
continuous, for the production of inventions, a thirst for knowledge and a ..."
4. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1869)
"... or the higher thirst for knowledge or virtue ; whether the longers live to
see the fruition of their desires, or leave this world before that comes to ..."
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