Consumptive
/kənˈsʌmptɪv/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
"The consumptive has managed to shake the servant from her side and walks alone, striving to make it look easy."
- 2 a person with pulmonary tuberculosis wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
"a long consumptive war"
- 2 Of or relating to consumption.
- 3 Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
"consumptive cough"
Adjective
- 1 tending to consume or use often wastefully wordnet
- 2 afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis wordnet
Example
More examples"[O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, inſiſted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, vvhich he knevv to be in a moſt conſumptive condition."
Etymology
From Middle English consumptive, from Latin cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmō, + -ive.