consumptuous
consumptuous adjective: synonym of consumptive.
Adjective
consumptuous (comparative more consumptuous, superlative most consumptuous)
- Synonym of consumptive.
- There’s Standergras, Hares ballockes, or great Orchis, / Prouoketh Venus, and procureth ſport, / It helpes the weakned body that’s amiſſe, / And fals away in a conſumptuous ſort, / It heales the Hectique feauer by report: […]1601, Robert Chester, “A Meeting Dialogue-wise betweene Nature, the Phœnix, and the Turtle Doue”, in Loves Martyr: or, Rosalins Complaint. Allegorically Shadowing the Truth of Loue, in the Constant...
- By this means the root and fruit of true charity, which is the life and ſoul of Chriſtianity, the milk and marrow of all graces, this firſt growes mortally infected through the peſtilence of diviſions and diſtractions in Religion: this vitall and naturall Balſam of piety once decayed, dried up, or...1659, John Gauden, “Book III. Setting Forth the Evil Consequences Felt or Feared from the Distractions of Religion in England.”, in Ἱερὰ Δάκρυα. Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ Suspiria. The Tears, Sighs...
- Synonyms:
- consumptive
Synonyms of consumptuous
Forms of consumptuous
| comparative | more consumptuous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most consumptuous |
Origin of consumptuous
From Latin cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmō, + -uous.
Questions about consumptuous
- What does consumptuous mean?
- Consumptuous means synonym of consumptive.
- What part of speech is consumptuous?
- Consumptuous is an adjective.
Words near consumptuous in the dictionary
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