phthisic

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

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

After going down the line several times and a number of scholars had fallen on some simple word the school-master pronounced the word "phthisic."

From Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul by Moore, Frank

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

From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Stuart, Ruth McEnery

Eunice'll hev her hands full this winter, I guess, with them three hearty children 'n' him all wheezed up with phthisic from October to April!...

From The Village Watch-Tower by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

You have the phthisic, when I know you have climbed the Rigi and Montanvert, and half the mountains in Switzerland!

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane