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.
