phthisic

[ tiz-ik, thiz- ]

noun

1. a wasting disease of the lungs; phthisis.
2. asthma.
3. a person with phthisis.

adjective

1. pertaining to phthisis; phthisical.

phthisic

/ ˈθaɪsɪk; ˈtaɪsɪk; ˈfθaɪsɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or affected with phthisis

noun

1. another name for asthma

Derived Forms

• ˈphthisical, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of phthisic¹

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); phthisis, -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of phthisic¹

C14: from Old French tisike, from Latin phthisicus, from Greek phthisikos; see phthisis

Example Sentences

It grows in marshy places; and is cultivated in China, the fruit having a supposed value as a diuretic and anti-phthisic.

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She put it on her knee, and played a tune that would have made gout, cholic and phthisic dance upon their last legs.

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Then Dilsie could sleep in the cabin, as she ought to on account of the jimsonweed in her phthisic pipe.

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They call it phthisic only because thats the very hardest word in the book to spell.

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The genuine phthisic, or pulmonary consumption of New-England, is rarely met.

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