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Etymology
Origin of phthisic
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English tisik(e), ptisik(e), from Old French tisique, thesique “consumptive,” from Medieval Latin ptisicus, tisicus, from Latin phthisicus “consumptive; a consumptive” (adejctive and noun), from Greek phthisikós “consumptive” (adjective); see origin at phthisis, -ic
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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2015
Come, now, wasn't my picture of the phthisic wife and moaning child worth a place on the line—I mean, wasn't it good, eh?
From Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
Eunice'll hev her hands full this winter, I guess, with them three hearty children 'n' him all wheezed up with phthisic from October to April!...
From The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
It always eases her phthisic to git up here on the high land, an' I've got a new notion about doin' over her best-room carpet sence I see her that'll save rippin' one breadth.
From The Life of Nancy by Sarah Orne Jewett
After going down the line several times and a number of scholars had fallen on some simple word the school-master pronounced the word "phthisic."
From Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul by Frank Moore
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