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Definition of consumptive in English: consumptiveadjective kənˈsʌm(p)tɪvkənˈsəm(p)tɪv 1dated Affected with a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. from birth he was sickly and consumptive he travelled to Torquay for the health of his consumptive son Example sentencesExamples - His face, almost in profile, shows a high coloring that is close to feverish and no doubt reflects his consumptive state.
- Woolsey, also consumptive, either miscarried or had to terminate each pregnancy for health reasons.
- A dark gray complexion indicates prolonged stagnation of blood such as a consumptive disease with blood deficiency accompanied by menoplania or amenia.
- It can also be used as an auxiliary treatment for consumptive disease, asthma and diabetes.
- A fearless and ambitious entrepreneur named Nathan Cross moves with his consumptive wife and two sons to the little town of Defiance, Missouri in 1874.
Synonyms caustic, corroding, eroding, erosive, abrasive, biting, mordant, burning, stinging 2derogatory Relating to the using up of resources. tourism represents an insidious form of consumptive activity Example sentencesExamples - And if climate scientists are right, the cause of our problems is manic, consumptive, fossil-fuel driven human activity.
- However, each falls short of the type of provision necessary to allow the consumptive activity contemplated by the proposal.
- All resources must be effectively utilized, load must be balanced evenly, and agents must avoid chaotic or overly consumptive behavior that can lead to ineffective applications and systems.
- Allowing the state to steal from the wealthy alters the full range of productive and consumptive activities - generally for the worse.
- Id like to try and make a connection between the consumptive, market-driven culture that we live in and the machine that has become the church.
noun kənˈsʌm(p)tɪvkənˈsəm(p)tɪv dated A person with a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. for some consumptives, the outlook was hopeless Example sentencesExamples - He sat behind a walnut desk and could treat every sickness you could name and plenty you couldn't; more impressively, he kept his consumptives alive each year.
- This image, in turn, stood in stark opposition to that of the deformed, graceless, debilitated scoliotic girl and to that of the languid, listless, and useless conspicuous consumptive.
- But happily that doesn't mean that it or the hotel is full of spluttering Keatsian consumptives nor that the spa is especially clinical in feel.
- He puts his hand to his brow, in the manner of a tragic consumptive.
- She performs abortions in secret, supports suffrage, and caters to consumptives and TB sufferers when few other boarding-house establishments will take them.
Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin consumptivus, from Latin consumpt- 'consumed', from the verb consumere (see consume). Definition of consumptive in US English: consumptiveadjectivekənˈsəm(p)tivkənˈsəm(p)tɪv 1dated Affected with a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. from birth he was sickly and consumptive Example sentencesExamples - It can also be used as an auxiliary treatment for consumptive disease, asthma and diabetes.
- Woolsey, also consumptive, either miscarried or had to terminate each pregnancy for health reasons.
- A fearless and ambitious entrepreneur named Nathan Cross moves with his consumptive wife and two sons to the little town of Defiance, Missouri in 1874.
- His face, almost in profile, shows a high coloring that is close to feverish and no doubt reflects his consumptive state.
- A dark gray complexion indicates prolonged stagnation of blood such as a consumptive disease with blood deficiency accompanied by menoplania or amenia.
Synonyms caustic, corroding, eroding, erosive, abrasive, biting, mordant, burning, stinging 2derogatory Relating to the using up of resources. tourism represents an insidious form of consumptive activity Example sentencesExamples - All resources must be effectively utilized, load must be balanced evenly, and agents must avoid chaotic or overly consumptive behavior that can lead to ineffective applications and systems.
- Id like to try and make a connection between the consumptive, market-driven culture that we live in and the machine that has become the church.
- Allowing the state to steal from the wealthy alters the full range of productive and consumptive activities - generally for the worse.
- And if climate scientists are right, the cause of our problems is manic, consumptive, fossil-fuel driven human activity.
- However, each falls short of the type of provision necessary to allow the consumptive activity contemplated by the proposal.
nounkənˈsəm(p)tivkənˈsəm(p)tɪv dated A person with a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. Example sentencesExamples - But happily that doesn't mean that it or the hotel is full of spluttering Keatsian consumptives nor that the spa is especially clinical in feel.
- He puts his hand to his brow, in the manner of a tragic consumptive.
- This image, in turn, stood in stark opposition to that of the deformed, graceless, debilitated scoliotic girl and to that of the languid, listless, and useless conspicuous consumptive.
- She performs abortions in secret, supports suffrage, and caters to consumptives and TB sufferers when few other boarding-house establishments will take them.
- He sat behind a walnut desk and could treat every sickness you could name and plenty you couldn't; more impressively, he kept his consumptives alive each year.
Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin consumptivus, from Latin consumpt- ‘consumed’, from the verb consumere (see consume). |