tabescent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin tabescens, present participle of tabescere.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective
edittabescent (comparative more tabescent, superlative most tabescent)
- Wasting away, or becoming emaciated. [from 19th c.]
- 1982, T. C. Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 42:
- He is weak and stinking, tabescent, at the far edge of hope.
Related terms
editLatin
editVerb
edittābēscent