bulimic
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of bulimic
First recorded in 1850–55; bulim(y) earlier form of bulimia + -ic, or bulimi(a) + -ac
Example Sentences
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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 • Jan. 3, 2024
So it was faith that finally helped her stop being bulimic?
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2020
One said a bulimic cake decorator, another Hedda Gabler.
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2018
But the device hardly allows bulimic tendencies: It’s impossible to completely empty your stomach using it.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2016
These bulimic purges were coupled with growing schizoid tendencies.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel
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