emaciate
(verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically; “She emaciated during the chemotherapy”
waste, emaciate, macerate
(verb) cause to grow thin or weak; “The treatment emaciated him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated)
(transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
(intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.
emaciate (comparative more emaciate, superlative most emaciate)
emaciated
Source: Wiktionary
E*ma"ci*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.]
Definition: To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.
E*ma"ci*ate, v. t.
Definition: To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
E*ma"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Definition: Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
