anorexic
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/
Adjective edit
anorexic (comparative more anorexic, superlative most anorexic)
- Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
- 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 158:
- I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail.
- (by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
- 2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17:
- He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.
- (medicine) Having very little to no appetite (a symptom that can happen in various diseases).
- Coordinate term: hyporexic
Synonyms edit
- anorectic
- See also Thesaurus:scrawny
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
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thin
Noun edit
anorexic (plural anorexics)
- Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
- A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
someone suffering from anorexia nervosa
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