emaciated

English

WOTD – 8 December 2006

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/, /-ˈmeɪ.si-/[1]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/, /ə-/, /i-/, /-meɪ.ʃi-/[2][3][1]
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Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

  1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
    The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

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Verb

emaciated

  1. simple past and past participle of emaciate

See also

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  2. emaciated”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. emaciated”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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