anorexic
/ænəˈɹɛksɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.73 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
adj
noun
A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Example Sentences
- "I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail."
- "He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse."
- "The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Ancient Greek ὀρέγω (orégō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía)lbor. English anorexia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anorexic From anorexia + -ic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/