anorectic

American  

[an-uh-rek-tik] / ˌæn əˈrɛk tɪk /

Also anoretic

adjective

1. Rarely anorectous having no appetite.

2. causing a loss of appetite.

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noun

1. an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.

Etymology

Origin of anorectic

First recorded in 1895–1900; an- ¹ + orectic

Example Sentences

Finally, the stunning “The Quickening” juxtaposes the birth of her daughter with her former anorectic years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2019

Apparently, she felt that only the most anorectic frame would permit her to wear the chic, made-to-order French outfits she favored.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2016

In what used to be the German Democratic Republic, the Communist Party is an anorectic shade of its former self.

From Time Magazine Archive

His son Blaine, a mulish, asexual hippie ten years ago, is now a three-piece materialist; and blubbery, myopic Daughter Winona has been transformed into an anorectic fashion model.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over the weeks that followed, however, she found that her appetite had vanished, and she lost ten pounds, leading her friends to worry that she was becoming anorectic.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer