cachectic
Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
Adjective
- Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
- His horse has been restored to him (cachectic as ever, looking like one of the gutted nags the Druids used to impale for decoration) […] - 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 44:
Origin
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰχεκτῐκός (kăkhektĭkós)bor. Latin cachecticusbor. English cachectic Borrowed from Latin cachecticus.