phthisic
[ tiz-ik, thiz- ]
/ ˈtɪz ɪk, ˈθɪz- /
noun
adjective
pertaining to phthisis; phthisical.
RELATED WORDS
Nearby words
- phthalocyanine green,
- phthiocol,
- phthiriasis,
- phthiriasis pubis,
- phthirus,
- phthisical,
- phthisis,
- phub,
- phugoid,
- phuket
Origin of phthisic
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Examples from the Web for phthisic
They call it phthisic only because thats the very hardest word in the book to spell.
The Last of the Flatboats|George Cary EgglestonShe put it on her knee, and played a tune that would have made gout, cholic and phthisic dance upon their last legs.
Peg Woffington|Charles ReadeThen Dilsie could sleep in the cabin, as she ought to on account of the jimsonweed in her phthisic pipe.
The Tinder-Box|Maria Thompson DaviessYes, there's considerable of ager and phthisic and bilious fever.
Hoosier Mosaics|Maurice Thompson
phthisic
/ (ˈθaɪsɪk, ˈfθaɪsɪk, ˈtaɪsɪk) obsolete /
adjective
relating to or affected with phthisis
noun
another name for asthma
Word Origin for phthisic
C14: from Old French tisike, from Latin phthisicus, from Greek phthisikos; see phthisis
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phthisic
late 14c., tysyk "of or pertaining to a wasting disease," from Old French tisike, phtisique "consumptive" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *phthisicus, from Greek phthisikos "consumptive," from phthisis "wasting, consumption" (see phthisis). Earlier in English as a noun meaning "wasting disease of the lungs" (mid-14c.). Related: Phthisical.
The old pronunciation dropped the ph-, but this will probably recover its sound now that everyone can read.
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