cachectic
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cachecticus.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛktɪk
Adjective
cachectic (comparative more cachectic, superlative most cachectic)
- Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 44:
- His horse has been restored to him (cachectic as ever, looking like one of the gutted nags the Druids used to impale for decoration) […]
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 44: