consumptive

English

Adjective

consumptive (comparative more consumptive, superlative most consumptive)

1. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
   • (Can we date this quote by Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     a long consumptive war

2. Of, or relating to consumption.
3. (pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.

   consumptive cough

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed.

Translations

having a tendency to consume

• Bulgarian: изтощителен (bg) (iztoštitelen)
• Finnish: kuluttava (fi)
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• Ukrainian: виснажливий m (vysnažlyvyj), руйнівний m (rujnivnyj)

of, or relating to consumption

• Finnish: kulutus- (fi)
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• German: schwindsüchtig (de)

relating to pulmonary tuberculosis

• Bulgarian: туберкулозен (bg) (tuberkulozen)
• Dutch: tuberculeus (nl)
• Finnish: tuberkuloottinen
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• French: tuberculeux (fr) m or m pl, tuberculeuse (fr) f
• Ido: tuberklosiko (io), tuberklosika (io)
• Ukrainian: сухотний m (suxotnyj)

Noun

consumptive (plural consumptives)

1. 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
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• French: tuberculeux (fr) m, tuberculeuse (fr) f
• Romanian: tuberculos (ro) m, tuberculoasă f
• Spanish: tísico (es) m