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anorexic

[ an-uh-rek-sik ]SEE DEFINITION OF anorexic

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WORD ORIGIN

1876; see anorexia + -ic. The immediate source or model is perhaps French anorexique. As a noun meaning "person with anorexia nervosa" it is attested from 1913.

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bony

adjectivethin

emaciated

adjectiveundernourished; thin

gaunt

adjectiveskinny

lean

adjectivebare, thin

leaner

adjectivebare, thin

leanest

adjectivebare, thin
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