emaciationn.
/ɪˌmeɪʃɪˈeɪʃən/ The action of emaciating; the process or state of being emaciated; abnormal leanness. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having
leannessa1000
boninessa1398
macilence?a1425
meagreness?a1425
macies?a1450
meagrec1450
povertya1475
bareness1552
extenuation1576
poorness1577
gauntness1607
lankness1611
macilencya1631
spareness1648
emaceration1656
emaciation1662
skinniness1688
angularity1822
thinness1827
pinchedness1857
scrawniness1863
scragginess1865
wizenedness1887
1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality iii. 24 Searchers..cannot tell whether this emaciation, or leanness were from a Phthisis or from an Hectick Fever.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus Cont. 13 Acids produce emaciation.
1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 329 A girl..died..without any emaciation.
1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxix. 10 The emaciation which these exercises wrought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
n.1662