All 3 Uses of
emaciated
in
Middlemarch
- Lydgate, conscious of an energetic frame in its prime, felt some compassion when the figure which he was likely soon to overtake turned round, and in advancing towards him showed more markedly than ever the signs of premature ageāthe student's bent shoulders, the emaciated limbs, and the melancholy lines of the mouth.†
Chpt 4
- Also, that your father was at one time much emaciated by illness.†
Chpt 6
- It was not the change of emaciation, but that effect which even young faces will very soon show from the persistent presence of resentment and despondency.†
Chpt 8 *
Definition:
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(emaciated) very thin -- especially from disease or hunger or cold