CONSUMPTIVE

consumptive. Consumptive, a. destructive, inclined to the consumption

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Con‐sump″tive (?), a. [[Cf. F. consomptif.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
It is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison. 2. 2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.