cachectic
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cachecticus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cachectic (comparative more cachectic, superlative most cachectic)
- Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 44:
- His horse has been restored to him (cachectic as ever, looking like one of the gutted nags the Druids used to impale for decoration) […]