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poitrinaire

poitrinaire noun: someone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.

Noun

poitrinaire (plural poitrinaires)

  1. (literary) Someone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.
    • His dry cough and eternal light fever spoke of tuberculosis; indeed his whole physiognomy was that of the old traditional poitrinaire, and he had once been placed in a sanatorium where they had collapsed a lung to let it mend.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 389

Forms of poitrinaire

pluralpoitrinaires

Origin of poitrinaire

From French poitrinaire, from poitrine (“chest”).

Questions about poitrinaire

What does poitrinaire mean?
Poitrinaire means someone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.
What part of speech is poitrinaire?
Poitrinaire is a noun.
What is the plural of poitrinaire?
The plural of poitrinaire is poitrinaires.

Words near poitrinaire in the dictionary

  1. Poitou-Charentes
  2. Poitra
  3. Poitras
  4. poitrel
  5. poitrels
  6. poitrinaire
  7. poitrinaires
  8. poitrinal
  9. poitrinals
  10. poitrine
  11. poitrines

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