emaciated

UK: /ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd/ US: /ɪˈmeɪʃiˌeɪtɪd/ ,(i mā′shē ā′tid)

From the verb emaciate: (⇒ conjugate)

emaciated is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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e•ma•ci•ated /ɪˈmeɪʃiˌeɪtɪd/   adj. 

1. abnormally thin, esp. because of starvation or illness.

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e•ma•ci•at•ed  (i mā′shē ā′tid), adj. 

1. marked by emaciation.

• emaciate + -ed² 1655–65

Synonyms

thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny.

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emaciated / ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪtɪd/ adjective

1. abnormally thin

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e•ma•ci•ate  (i mā′shē āt′), v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing. 

1. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.

• Latin ēmaciātus, wasted away, equivalent. to ē- e- + maciātus, past participle of maciāre to produce leanness (maci(ēs) leanness + -ātus -ate¹)
• 1640–50

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emaciate / ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪt/ verb

1. (usually tr) to become or cause to become abnormally thin

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ēmaciāre to make lean, from macer thin

eˌmaciˈation noun