Definition of tabescent in English:
tabescent
adjective təˈbɛs(ə)nttəˈbɛsənt
rare Wasting away.
he would be made to endure yet again the tabescent trauma of rejection
Example sentencesExamples
- And in a weak, tabescent period for English language cinema there is another option!
- At this weak, pale, tabescent moment in the history of American literature, we need a battalion, a brigade, of Zolas to head out into this wild, bizarre, unpredictable, Hog-stomping Baroque country of ours and reclaim it as literary property.
- The tea was always brewed and he poured with great delicacy, his long and tabescent fingers clasping the handle of the silver teapot.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin tabescent- 'beginning to waste away', from the verb tabescere, from tabere 'waste away'.
Definition of tabescent in US English:
tabescent
adjectivetəˈbɛsənttəˈbesənt
rare Wasting away.
he would be made to endure yet again the tabescent trauma of rejection
Example sentencesExamples
- And in a weak, tabescent period for English language cinema there is another option!
- At this weak, pale, tabescent moment in the history of American literature, we need a battalion, a brigade, of Zolas to head out into this wild, bizarre, unpredictable, Hog-stomping Baroque country of ours and reclaim it as literary property.
- The tea was always brewed and he poured with great delicacy, his long and tabescent fingers clasping the handle of the silver teapot.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin tabescent- ‘beginning to waste away’, from the verb tabescere, from tabere ‘waste away’.