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anorexic

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8 lettersPronunciation /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aceinorxStarts with AEnds with C0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin

Word origin

From anorexia + -ic.

Used in a sentence

  • I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail.
  • He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.
  • The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see.

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