| 单词 | poitrinaire | 
| 释义 | poitrinairen. Now chiefly literary.   A person suffering from lung disease, spec. tuberculosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > 			[noun]		 > person empyic1689 poitrinaire1845 1845    J. F. Cooper Let. 22 Oct. 		(1968)	 V. 90  				William had the appearance of a poitrinaire, in eyes, teeth, colour, whereas you are just the reverse. 1856    Sat. Rev. 25 Oct. 578/2  				As a poitrinaire, he was the most devoted, extravagant, sentimental of lovers and husbands. 1884    Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Sept. 2/1  				The soft, warm air so dear and necessary to the poitrinaire. 1912    Times 19 Feb. 11/5  				In Murger's day, the heyday of the poitrinaire, you had the sentiment of suffering and death. 1922    K. Burke Let. 2 Sept. in  Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley 		(1988)	 124  				A man by the name of Allen Tate, a poitrinaire in North Carolina, has been sending us stuff, strongly Laforguian. 1946    Lancet 2 Mar. 322/1  				Little enough encouragement was there for those depressed, half-starved poitrinaires in the Kennington Road clinic. 1969    Sunday Tel. 12 Jan. 15/8  				Although she cannot help suggesting a poitrinaire in the most comfortable health, deft make-up and still more a skilful modification of the voice suggested the growing physical weariness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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