consumptive
noun/kənˈsʌmptɪv/
/kənˈsʌmptɪv/
(old-fashioned)- a person who has consumption (= a disease of the lungs)Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin consumptivus, from Latin consumpt- ‘consumed’, from the verb consumere, from con- ‘altogether’ + sumere ‘take up’.
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