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emaciated

[ih-mey-shee-ey-tid]

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adjective

marked by emaciation.

Origin:
1655–65; emaciate + -ed²

Related forms

un·e·ma·ci·at·ed, adjective

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

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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.

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Those young emaciated boys need a good meal and a haircut.

The last time I looked, the sharks looked a bit emaciated.

This week we implore you to deliver a visual feast to our emaciated eyes.

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verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

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

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

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emaciated (ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪtɪd)

—*adj*
	abnormally thin

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emaciate

1640s, from L. emaciatus, pp. of emaciare "make lean, waste away," from ex- "out" + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-).

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emaciated

1660s, pp. adj. from emaciate.

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