emaciate
pronunciation
How to pronounce emaciate in British English:
UK [ɪ'meɪʃɪeɪt]
How to pronounce emaciate in American English:
US [ɪˈmeʃiˌet]
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- Verb:
- cause to grow thin or weak
- grow weak and thin or waste away physically
Word Origin
- emaciate
- emaciate: see meagre
- emaciate (v.)
- 1620s "cause to lose flesh" (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare "make lean, cause to waste away," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-). Intransitive meaning "become lean, waste away" is from 1640s. Related: Emaciated.