Consumptive
[kən'sʌm(p)tɪv] or [kən'sʌmptɪv]
Definition
(noun.) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis.
(adj.) tending to consume or use often wastefully; 'water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses'; 'duties consumptive of time and energy'; 'consumptive fires' .
(adj.) afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; 'a consumptive patient'; 'a consumptive cough' .
Inputed by Davis--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
(a.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
(n.) One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
Checker: Quincy
Examples
- She knew he was consumptive, his cheeks were so red and he was so uncommon thin in the waist. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He's been consumptive for a long time past,' said Mr. Roker, 'and he's taken wery bad in the breath to-night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I would not have her dwell longer on what you have said; for Eliza is consumptive. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Dr. Beddoes had established what he styled a Pneumatic Institution at Clifton, the object of which was to try the medicinal effects of different gases on consumptive patients. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The village is built on some consumptive little water-course, and about it is a little fresh-looking vegetation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dishes used by consumptives, and persons suffering from contagious diseases, can be made harmless by thorough washing in thick suds of almost boiling water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Edited by Gail