emaciated

English

WOTD – 8 December 2006

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/, /-ˈmeɪ.si-/[1]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/, /ə-/, /i-/, /-meɪ.ʃi-/[2][3][1]
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Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

  1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
    The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.
    • 2025 November 30, “27-year-old woman who only ate fruits has passed away”, in newgenrap‎[1]:
      She arrived at a resort in December 2024, extremely emaciated — staff described her as “so weak she couldn’t walk on her own,” with sunken eyes, protruding bones, yellow fingernails and decaying teeth.

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Verb

emaciated

  1. simple past and past participle of emaciate

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Emaciated”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
  2. ^ “emaciated”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ “emaciated”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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