Meaning of CONSUMPTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | kun'sumptiv
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- [n] a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
- [adj] tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
- [adj] afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
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| | Synonyms: | | exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive, ill, lunger, sick |
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| | Antonyms: | | generative, productive | | |
| | See Also: | | diseased person, sick person, sufferer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Con*sump"tive\, a. [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.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed.
--Dryden.
\Con*sump"tive\, n.
One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
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