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phthisic

/ˈ(f)θɪzɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ph-thisic
IPA
/ˈ(f)θɪzɪk/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any wasting disease.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A person suffering from phthisis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.

Etymology

From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tisike, -, phthisicus, φθισικός

Usage

Inflected Forms

phthisics (plural) phthisick (alternative, obsolete) tisick (alternative, obsolete) phthisique (alternative, dated) tisic (alternative, dated) tizzic (alternative, nonstandard) tizzick (alternative, nonstandard) tissick (alternative, nonstandard)

Derived Forms

antiphthisic phthisical phthisicky

Rhymes With

physic

Questions

How do you pronounce phthisic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈ(f)θɪzɪk/.
What does phthisic mean?
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
Where does phthisic come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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