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Etymology
Origin of phthisic
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English tisik(e), ptisik(e), from Old French tisique, thesique “consumptive,” from Medieval Latin ptisicus, tisicus, from Latin phthisicus “consumptive; a consumptive” (adejctive and noun), from Greek phthisikós “consumptive” (adjective); see origin at phthisis, -ic
Example Sentences
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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015
He corned for us ten minutes behind the town clock, and Mammy Dilsie had phthisic, so I had to fix the two twins, and we're done left.
From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson
Then Dilsie could sleep in the cabin, as she ought to on account of the jimsonweed in her phthisic pipe.
From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson
All sorts of diseases, Whatever you pleases, The phthisic, the palsy, and the gout; If the devil's in, I'll blow him out.
From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest
It always eases her phthisic to git up here on the high land, an' I've got a new notion about doin' over her best-room carpet sence I see her that'll save rippin' one breadth.
From The Life of Nancy by Jewett, Sarah Orne
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