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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
Example Sentences
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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015
He corned for us ten minutes behind the town clock, and Mammy Dilsie had phthisic, so I had to fix the two twins, and we're done left.
From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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 Jewett, Sarah Orne
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 Train, Arthur Cheny
In special hospitals, orthop�dic, paraplegic, phthisic, neurasthenic, we shall give him back functional ability, solidity of nerve or lung.
From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John
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