phthisick

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A form of phthisic — A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of phthisic.
nounphthisick (countable and uncountable, plural phthisicks)

plural phthisicks

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of phthisic.
    1 more example

    ...her Inhabitants breathe nothing but an impure and thick Mist, accompanied with a fuliginous and filthy vapour, which renders them obnoxious to a thousand inconveniences, corrupting the Lungs, and disordering the entire habit of their Bodies; so that Catharrs, Phthisicks, Coughs and Consumptions, rage more in this one City, than in the whole Earth besides.

    1661, [John Evelyn] J. E. Esq, Fumifugium; Or, the Inconvenience of the Aer and Smoake of London Dissipated. Together With some Remedies humbly proposed p. 18.
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APA

phthisick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phthisick

MLA

“phthisick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phthisick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phthisick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phthisick.

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