Both Uses of
anemic
in
The House of Mirth
- She had known Nettie Crane as one of the discouraged victims of over-work and anaemic parentage: one of the superfluous fragments of life destined to be swept prematurely into that social refuse-heap of which Lily had so lately expressed her dread.†
Chpt 2.13 *
- She broke off again, and meeting the encouragement in Lily's eyes, went on, with a flush rising under her anaemic skin: "You see I wasn't only just SICK that time you sent me off—I was dreadfully unhappy too.†
Chpt 2.13
Definition:
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(anemia) a deficiency of red blood cells or where red blood cells are deficient in hemoglobin -- resulting in fatigue
or (less commonly):
suffering from a lack of energy