consumptive
/kənˈsʌmptɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.03 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
adj
Of or relating to consumption.
adj
Example Sentences
- "a long consumptive war"
- "[O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, inſiſted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, vvhich he knevv to be in a moſt conſumptive condition."
- "consumptive cough"
- "The lean, conſumptive, wench, with coughs decay'd, / Is call'd a pretty, tight, and ſlender maid."
- "The consumptive has managed to shake the servant from her side and walks alone, striving to make it look easy."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Latin cōnsūmptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -ive Middle English consumptive English consumptive From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ive, from Middle English consumptive, from Latin cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmō.
Origin
- Source language: Latin