Meanings
comparative more anorexic · superlative most anorexic
- Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail.
2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 158 - broadlyThin, skinny, insubstantial.
He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.
2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17
plural anorexics
- derogatoryusuallySomebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see.
- A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person suffering from anorexia nervosa
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
- Ancient Greekὀρέγω (orégō)
- Ancient Greekὄρεξῐς (órexĭs)
- Ancient Greekἀνορεξία (anorexía)
- Englishanorexia
- Englishanorexic
Translations
Catalan anorèctic, anorèctic
- anorècticpertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
- anorècticthin
- anorècticsomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
- anorècticasomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
Chinese Mandarin 厭食症患者 /厌食症患者
- 厭食症患者 /厌食症患者 (yànshízhèng huànzhě)pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
Danish anorektisk
- anorektiskpertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
Esperanto anoreksia
- anoreksiapertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
Finnish anorektinen, anorektikko
- anorektinenpertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
- anorektikkosomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
French anorexique
- anorexiquesomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
German magersüchtig
- magersüchtigpertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
Italian anoressico
- anoressicopertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
Polish anorektyczny, anorektyczny
- anorektycznypertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
- anorektycznythin
- anorektyksomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
- anorektyczkasomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
Portuguese anoréxico, anoréxico
- anoréxicopertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
- anoréxicothin
- anoréxicosomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
- anoréxicasomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
Romanian anorexic, anorexică
- anorexicsomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
- anorexicăsomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
Spanish anoréxico, anoréxico
- anoréxicopertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
- anoréxicothin
- anoréxicosomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
- anoréxicasomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
Swedish anorektisk, anorektiker
- anorektiskpertaining to, or suffering from anorexia
- anorektikersomeone suffering from anorexia nervosa
Cite this entry
anorexic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorexic
“anorexic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorexic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anorexic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorexic.
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