Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- marked by emaciation.
verb (used with object), e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing.
- to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
adjective
- abnormally thin
verb
- (usually tr) to become or cause to become abnormally thin
1660s, past participle adjective from emaciate.
1620s (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare “make lean, waste away,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + macies “leanness,” from macer “thin” (see macro-). Related: Emaciated; emaciating.