CONSUMPTIVE
Con*sump"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. consomptif.]
1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.
CONSUMPTIVE
Con*sump"tive, n.
Defn: One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
CONSUMPTIVELY
Con*sump"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a way tending to or indication consumption. Beddoes.
CONSUMPTIVENESS
Con*sump"tive*ness, n.
Defn: A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.