What is affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden called?
consumptive — (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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