What does consumptive mean?
Definitions for consumptive
kənˈsʌmp tɪvcon·sump·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
consumptive, lunger, tubercularadjective
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
consumptiveadjective
tending to consume or use often wastefully
"water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
consumptiveadjective
afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
"a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
Wiktionary
consumptivenoun
A person suffering of pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptiveadjective
Having a tendency to consume.
consumptiveadjective
Of, or relating to consumption.
consumptiveadjective
Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptive cough
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Consumptiveadjective
Etymology: from consume.
A long consumptive war is more likely to break this grand alliance than disable France. Joseph Addison, on the State of the War.
Nothing taints sound lungs sooner than inspiring the breath of consumptive lungs. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.
The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decay’d,
Is call’d a pretty, tight, and slender maid. Dryden.By an exact regimen a consumptive person may hold out for years. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.
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consumptive
Consumptive refers to anything related to the act of consuming or using up resources. It can also pertain to a disease or condition that weakens or wastes away the body, as in 'consumptive illness' which was the historical term for tuberculosis.
Webster Dictionary
Consumptiveadjective
of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting
Consumptiveadjective
affected with, or inclined to, consumption
Consumptivenoun
one affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives
Etymology: [Cf. F. consomptif.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of consumptive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of consumptive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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