bulimic

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

adjective

noun

Also bu·lim·i·ac

[byoo-lim-ee-ak, -lee-mee-, boo-, buh-] /byuˈlɪm iˌæk, -ˈli mi-, bu-, bə-/.

Origin of bulimic

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

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Kate is not bulimic, and indeed she had appeared to be gaining (a little) weight in the past few weeks.
Katie Couric on Kate Middleton: She's Getting Too Thin
Tom Sykes
September 4, 2012

These bulimic purges were coupled with growing schizoid tendencies.
After the Rain
Sam Vaknin

1854, "voracious;" see bulimia + -ic. Meaning "suffering from bulimia nervosa" is recorded from 1977. The noun in this sense is from 1980.