Definition of Consomptive
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Somebody who has consumption.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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