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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
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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 Maria Thompson Daviess
Yes, there's considerable of ager and phthisic and bilious fever.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson
She went before the commissary, but was obliged to return with that 'becco ettico,' as she called the poor man, who had a phthisic.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
I do wish these reformers had come around sooner, when I was learning to spell phthisic, syzygy, daguerreotype, and caoutchouc.
From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Francis B. Pearson
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