cachectic
/kəˈkɛktɪk/
cachectic adjective: having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
Adjective
cachectic (comparative more cachectic, superlative most cachectic)
- Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
- His horse has been restored to him (cachectic as ever, looking like one of the gutted nags the Druids used to impale for decoration) […]1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 44
cachectic meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali
cachectic in Hindi
- cachectic
- थका thakā
cachectic in Urdu
- cachectic
- تھکا thakā
cachectic in Bengali
- ক্যাকেক্সিয়া আক্রান্ত
Forms of cachectic
| comparative | more cachectic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cachectic |
Origin of cachectic
Borrowed from Latin cachecticus.
Words formed from cachectic
Words that rhyme with cachectic
- symplectic
- apoplectic
- dialectic
- hectic
- smectic
- analectic
- anorectic
- catalectic
- eclectic
- eutectic
- monolectic
- pectic
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- plectic
- polylectic
- syntectic
- acatalectic
- acathectic
- anatectic
- antiapoplectic
- anticachectic
- anticataplectic
- anticathectic
- antiplectic
- brachycatalectic
- cataplectic
- catatectic
- cathectic
- cosymplectic
- cotectic
- countercathectic
- demodectic
- diaplectic
- dicatalectic
- dyslectic
- dystectic
- ecolectic
- ephectic
- hyosymplectic
- hypercatalectic
- hypereutectic
- hypoeutectic
- ideolectic
- idiolectic
- karyorrhectic
- lectic
- metaplectic
- metatectic
- methectic
- metriplectic
- monotectic
- multisymplectic
- nektic
- nondialectic
- noneclectic
- nonsymplectic
- oligolectic
- orectic
- orthosymplectic
- paraplectic
- periplectic
Questions about cachectic
- What does cachectic mean?
- Cachectic means having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
- What is cachectic in Hindi?
- Cachectic in Hindi is थका (thakā). See Cachectic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cachectic?
- Cachectic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cachectic?
- Cachectic is pronounced /kəˈkɛktɪk/.
Words near cachectic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cachectic (page history and authors); थका (Hindi) (page history and authors); تھکا (Urdu) (page history and authors); cachectic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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