caˈchectical,a. [f.prec. + -al1.] =prec. 1625Hart Anat. Ur. iv. 43 She was of a whitish bleake colour, and of a cachecticall disposition.1733Arbuthnot Air (J.) Young and florid blood, rather than vapid and cachectical.1755in Johnson; also in Craig and mod. Dicts.