What does consumptive mean?

Definitions for consumptive
kənˈsʌmp tɪvcon·sump·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. consumptive, lunger, tubercularadjective

    a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

  2. consumptiveadjective

    tending to consume or use often wastefully

    "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"

  3. consumptiveadjective

    afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis

    "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"

Wiktionary

  1. consumptivenoun

    A person suffering of pulmonary tuberculosis.

  2. consumptiveadjective

    Having a tendency to consume.

  3. consumptiveadjective

    Of, or relating to consumption.

  4. consumptiveadjective

    Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.

    consumptive cough

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Consumptiveadjective

    of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting

  2. Consumptiveadjective

    affected with, or inclined to, consumption

  3. Consumptivenoun

    one affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives

  4. Etymology: [Cf. F. consomptif.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of consumptive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of consumptive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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  • туберкулозен, изтощителенBulgarian
  • kulutus, tuberkuloottinen, tuberkuloosipotilas, kuluttavaFinnish
  • तपेदिक़-संबंधीHindi
  • వినియోగితTelugu
  • руйнівний, сухотний, виснажливийUkrainian

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