consumptive

English

Adjective

consumptive (comparative more consumptive, superlative most consumptive)

Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
- Addison
  a long consumptive war
Of, or relating to consumption.
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptive cough
- Dryden
  The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed.

Translations

having a tendency to consume

Bulgarian: изтощителен (bg) (iztoštitelen)
Finnish: kuluttava (fi)

Ukrainian: виснажливий m (vysnažlyvyj), руйнівний m (rujnivnyj)

of, or relating to consumption

Finnish: kulutus- (fi)

German: schwindsüchtig (de)

relating to pulmonary tuberculosis

Bulgarian: туберкулозен (bg) (tuberkulozen)
Dutch: tuberculeus (nl)
Finnish: tuberkuloottinen

French: tuberculeux (fr) m, m pl, tuberculeuse (fr) f
Ido: tuberklosiko (io), tuberklosika (io)
Ukrainian: сухотний m (suxotnyj)

Noun

consumptive (plural consumptives)

A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Translations

person with pulmonary tuberculosis

Bulgarian: туберкулозен (bg) m (tuberkulozen)
Dutch: teringlijder (nl) m (dated, now possibly vulgar)
Finnish: tuberkuloosipotilas

French: tuberculeux (fr) m, tuberculeuse (fr) f
Romanian: tuberculos (ro) m, tuberculoasă f
Spanish: tísico (es) m

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