† conˈsumptuous, a. Obs.
[f. L. type consumptu-s (see consumpt) + -ous.]
Consumptive.
| 1601 Chester Love's Mart. lv. (1878) 94 The weakned body that..fals away in consumptuous sort. 1659 Gauden Tears of Ch. 262 No wonder if the whole constitution of Religion grow weak, ricketly and consumptuous. |