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形容詞

phthisical (not comparable)

1. Synonym of phthisic.
   • 1781 (first performance), Charles Macklin, The Man of the World, a Comedy, […], Dublin: [s.n.], published 1785, →OCLC, Act III, page 36:

     I luock'd oot for an antient, vvell jointered, ſuperanuated Dovvager—a conſumptive, toothleſs, ptiſical, vvealthy vvidovv—or a ſhreeveled, cadaverous, neglected piece of deformity, i' the ſhape of an eezard, or an apperſiand—or in ſhort, any thing—any thing that had the ſiller [silver]—the ſiller—for that was the North ſtar of my affection; […]

派生語

• antiphthisical
• prephthisical