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German
Etymology
a- + sthenisch
Pronunciation
Adjective
asthenisch (strong nominative masculine singular asthenischer, not comparable)
- asthenic
- Synonyms: kraftlos, schmalwüchsig
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 222:Sie war eine sehr liebliche, wenn auch überäugige und asthenische Erscheinung gewesen, den Photographien nach zu urteilen, die überall in des Hofrats Dienstwohnung standen, sowie auch den Ölbildnissen zufolge, die, von seiner eigenen Liebhaberhand stammend, dort an den Wänden hingen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of asthenisch (uncomparable)
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