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consumptive adjective noun
/kənˈsʌmp .tɪv/ adj n [C] old-fashioned Definition
(a person) suffering from consumption
She didn't live very long - she was (a) consumptive.
(Definition of consumptive adjective/noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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