- con·sump·tive
- /kənˈsʌmptıv/ noun, pl -tives [count]old-fashioned : a person who has tuberculosis
a hospital for consumptives
consumptive adjconsumptive patients
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con|sump´tive|ly — con|sump|tive «kuhn SUHMP tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having or likely to have tuberculosis of the lungs. 2. of tuberculosis of the lungs. 3. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful: »Figurative. To manage such a thing as this in letters… … Useful english dictionary
con|sump|tive — «kuhn SUHMP tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having or likely to have tuberculosis of the lungs. 2. of tuberculosis of the lungs. 3. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful: »Figurative. To manage such a thing as this in letters was a thing too … Useful english dictionary
con|sump´tive|ness — con|sump|tive «kuhn SUHMP tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having or likely to have tuberculosis of the lungs. 2. of tuberculosis of the lungs. 3. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful: »Figurative. To manage such a thing as this in letters… … Useful english dictionary
con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… … English syllables
tive — ab·duc·tive; ab·duc·tive·ly; ab·er·ra·tive; ab·re·ac·tive; ab·sorp·tive; ab·strac·tive; ac·cel·er·a·tive; ac·com·mo·da·tive; ac·cre·tive; ac·cul·tur·a·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·quis·i·tive; ac·quis·i·tive·ness; adapt·a·tive; ad·duc·tive;… … English syllables
sump — as·sump·sit; as·sump·tion; as·sump·tion·ist; as·sump·tious; as·sump·tive; con·sump·ti·ble; con·sump·tion; pre·sump·tion; pre·sump·tive; pre·sump·tive·ly; pre·sump·tu·ous; pre·sump·tu·ous·ly; pre·sump·tu·ous·ness; re·sump·tion; re·sump·tive;… … English syllables
consumptive — con·sump·tive … English syllables
consumptively — con·sump·tive·ly … English syllables
consumptive — con•sump•tive [[t]kənˈsʌmp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) tending to consume; destructive; wasteful 2) pertaining to or of the nature of consumption 3) pat disposed to or affected with consumption 4) pat sts Older Use. a person suffering from tuberculosis •… … From formal English to slang
consumptive — con|sump|tive [kənˈsʌmptıv] n old fashioned someone with ↑tuberculosis >consumptive adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
