anemic
/əˈniː.mɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.76 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: enervated, underoxygenated"
- "[H]e was one of those weak creatures full of a shifty cunning - who face neither God nor man, who face not even themselves, void of pride, timorous, anæmic, hateful souls."
- "My ordinarily even disposition was shattered, I thought, beyond repair — a condition that was not improved by my utter abhorrence of a diet of infant's food and anemic vegetables."
Etymology
Etymology tree English anemia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anemic From anemia + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more anemic (comparative)
most anemic (superlative)
anaemic (alternative, Commonwealth)
anæmic (alternative, dated)
anemics (plural)