bulimic

[ boo-lee-mik, -lim-ik, byoo- ]

adjective

1. relating to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.

noun

1. a person who has or experiences bulimia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bulimic¹

First recorded in 1850–55; bulim(y) earlier form of bulimia + -ic, or bulimi(a) + -ac

Example Sentences

It’s something she’s touched on in her music before, in 2012’s Electra Heart, on track Teen Idle, she alludes to being bulimic, with mentions of purging.

From BBC

A working actor for decades, Brown got his first series regular job playing a bulimic cop on the FX comedy “Starved.”

From Los Angeles Times

This myth is mirrored on TikTok, where bony white girls with feeding tubes post about their diagnoses using variations of the hashtag #EdSheeran — a feint for the app’s famously censorious algorithm, where Ed stands in for ED, or eating disorder — while teens of color describe the same pathological behaviors without calling themselves anorexic or bulimic.

From Los Angeles Times

“You really have to advocate that you’re sick enough,” said eating disorder educator Gloria Lucas, a harm reduction activist and recovering bulimic who gets care through the Orange County Health Care Agency.

From Los Angeles Times

Hi, Carolyn: With the obesity problem America is having, why is it that “society” says it is not nice to make a comment about a fat person because it might hurt their feelings, but that it is okay for a fat person to make comments about a thin person, calling them anorexic or bulimic?

From Washington Post