emaciated

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English

Pronunciation

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.

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Verb

emaciated

  1. simple past and past participle of emaciate

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  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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