bulimic
[byoo-lim-ik, -lee-mik, boo-, buh-]
adjective
pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
noun
a person suffering from bulimia.
RELATED WORDS
Nearby words
- bulger,
- bulgur,
- bulgy,
- bulimarexia,
- bulimia,
- bulk,
- bulk buying,
- bulk carrier,
- bulk mail,
- bulk modulus
Also bu·lim·i·ac [byoo-lim-ee-ak, -lee-mee-, boo-, buh-] /byuˈlɪm iˌæk, -ˈli mi-, bu-, bə-/.
Origin of bulimic
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for bulimic
Kate is not bulimic, and indeed she had appeared to be gaining (a little) weight in the past few weeks.
These bulimic purges were coupled with growing schizoid tendencies.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
bulimic
1854, "voracious;" see bulimia + -ic. Meaning "suffering from bulimia nervosa" is recorded from 1977. The noun in this sense is from 1980.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper