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anemic

adj
/əˈniː.mɪk/

Etymology

From anemia + -ic.

  1. derived from ἀναιμία
  2. suffixed as anemic — “anemia + ic”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.

  2. Weak

    Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.

    • Near-synonyms: enervated, underoxygenated
    • [H]e was one of those weak creatures full of a shifty cunning - who face neither God nor man, who face not even themselves, void of pride, timorous, anæmic, hateful souls.
    • My ordinarily even disposition was shattered, I thought, beyond repair — a condition that was not improved by my utter abhorrence of a diet of infant's food and anemic vegetables.

  3. A person who has anemia.

The neighborhood

Derived

anemically, antianemic

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA