consumptive

An old-fashioned adjective primarily used to describe someone suffering from tuberculosis (consumption) or, more broadly, something that consumes or wastes away.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif désuet principalement utilisé pour décrire une personne atteinte de tuberculose (phtisie), ou, plus largement, quelque chose qui consomme ou épuise.

1. Wasteful or destructive consumption C1 formal

   Tending to consume or use something, often in a wasteful or excessive manner.

   • The consumptive habits of modern society are depleting natural resources.
   • His consumptive lifestyle left him with little savings.
   • The factory's consumptive use of water was criticized by environmentalists.

   🇫🇷consumptif (gaspilleur)

   Synonymes: excessiveextravagantprodigalprofligatewasteful

   Antonymes: conservativeeconomicalfrugalsparingthrifty

2. Related to tuberculosis C2 formal medical

   Afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease that causes wasting of the body.

   • The consumptive patient was admitted to the sanatorium for treatment.
   • In the 19th century, consumptive illnesses were often romanticized in literature.
   • The doctor diagnosed him with a consumptive condition affecting his lungs.

   🇫🇷tuberculeux (relatif à la tuberculose)

   Synonymes: hectictuberculartuberculous

• more consumptive comparative form
• most consumptive superlative form

A noun referring to a person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease that causes wasting of the body.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une personne atteinte de tuberculose pulmonaire, maladie provoquant un épuisement du corps. Peut aussi s'employer comme adjectif pour qualifier ce qui est lié à cette maladie ou à l'épuisement.

1. Person with tuberculosis C2 formal medical

   A person who suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease that causes wasting of the body.

   • The sanatorium housed many consumptives in the early 20th century.
   • He was diagnosed as a consumptive and sent to a mountain clinic.
   • Consumptives were often isolated to prevent the spread of infection.

   🇫🇷Personne atteinte de tuberculose pulmonaire

   Synonymes: lungertubercular

• consumptives plural form
• consumptives' possessive plural form
• consumptive's possessive singular form