emaciate
EmaciatedEmaciated.
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» I found him undernourished and emaciated.
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1 sensesEmaciated.
Examples
12 sentencesI found him undernourished and emaciated.
The zoo's zebra was emaciated and dirty.
The creature was tall, but heavily emaciated.
He is so emaciated that you'll hardly recognize him.
Felix was completely emaciated.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cauBorrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).
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Forms
more emaciate, most emaciate| Comparative | more emaciate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most emaciate Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.