Category:Consumptive

Con*sump"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. consomptif.]

1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.

consumptive Con*sump"tive, n.

Defn: One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.