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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
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
The boatman smiles, Princess Volupine extends A meagre, blue-nailed, phthisic hand To climb the waterstair.
From Poems by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
Them was our brag-words, phthisic and asthma was.
From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Stuart, Ruth McEnery
I suppose, poor half-starved phthisic lad, that he was the most miserable of us all.
From Father and Son: a study of two temperaments by Gosse, Edmund
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