quasiconsuming

adjective

strongly and urgently felt: a consuming need to be successful.

Origin:
consume + -ing²

Related forms

con·sum·ing·ly, adverb

con·sum·ing·ness, noun

non·con·sum·ing, adjective

qua·si-con·sum·ing, adjective

self-con·sum·ing, adjective

un·con·sum·ing, adjective

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consume (kənˈsjuːm)

—vb
1.	(tr) to eat or drink
2.	(tr; often passive) to engross or obsess
3.	(tr) to use up; expend: my car consumes little oil
4.	to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc: fire consumed the forest
5.	(tr) to waste or squander: the time consumed on that project was excessive
6.	(passive) to waste away

[C14: from Latin consūmere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sūmere to take up, from emere to take, purchase]

con'suming

—*adj*

con'sumingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

consume

late 14c., from L. consumere "to use up, eat, waste," from com- intensive prefix + sumere "to take," from sub- "under" + emere "to buy, take" (see exempt).

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