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cachectic

/kəˈkɛktɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cachec-tic
IPA
/kəˈkɛktɪk/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰχεκτῐκός (kăkhektĭkós)bor. Latin cachecticusbor. English cachectic Borrowed from Latin cachecticus.

Inflected Forms

more cachectic (comparative) most cachectic (superlative)

Derived Forms

anticachectic procachectic

Rhymes With

eclectic hectic dialectic apoplectic symplectic eutectic smectic anorectic pectic acatalectic cathectic catalectic

Questions

How do you pronounce cachectic?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈkɛktɪk/.
What does cachectic mean?
Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
Where does cachectic come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰχεκτῐκός (kăkhektĭkós)bor. Latin cachecticusbor. English cachectic Borrowed from Latin cachecticus.

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