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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Emaciated?
Pronunciation: i-'mA-shE-"At
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e- + macies leanness, from macer lean —more at MEAGER
Date: 1646
intransitive senses
: to waste away physically
transitive senses
1 : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin
2 : to make feeble
- ema·ci·a·tion /-"mA-s(h)E-'A-sh&n/ noun