phthisic

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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

On the first examination he said he could not account for the statements of his captain and surgeon, unless they arose from a remark he made that he had phthisic when he was small.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

Them was our brag-words, phthisic and asthma was.

From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Stuart, Ruth McEnery

I do wish these reformers had come around sooner, when I was learning to spell phthisic, syzygy, daguerreotype, and caoutchouc.

From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Pearson, Francis B.

She went before the commissary, but was obliged to return with that 'becco ettico,' as she called the poor man, who had a phthisic.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas