Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Phthisic, Phthisis

Phthisic, Phthisis: (Archaic) An illness of the throat or lungs, usually tuberculosis. Also any wasting disease.
... an angel poised upon cold phthisic feet, with a smile of stone idiocy ...
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