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chlorotic, a.|klɒˈrɒtɪk|
[f. chlorosis; see -otic. Cf. F. chlorotique.]
1. Pertaining to, or affected with, green sickness.
1764Grainger Sugar Cane iv. 150 The chlorotic fair Oft chalk prefer to the most poignant cates. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. (1826) 115 He was much emaciated..and had a chlorotic appearance. 1873W. S. Mayo Never Again xv. 199 A sickly sensitiveness that would disgrace a chlorotic girl.
fig.1875Contemp. Rev. XXVI. 987 Poor, thin, maundering,—we were going to call it chlorotic Christianism. 1881Standard 7 Oct., Those who devote themselves to depicting chlorotic saints.
2. Bot. Affected with chlorosis (sense 2 a).
1836Blackw. Mag. XXXIX. 309 The field looks shabby, becomes chlorotic, pines away. 1870T. L. Phipson Sun 56 A plant..shut up in a dark place..becomes chlorotic; its green colour disappears. |