anemic

anemic

See also: anèmic

English

Alternative forms

• anaemic (UK)
• anæmic (UK, rare)

Etymology

From anemia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈni.mɪk/

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• Rhymes: -iːmɪk

Adjective

anemic (comparative more anemic, superlative most anemic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
2. (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 219:

     [H]e was one of those weak creatures full of a shifty cunning - who face neither God nor man, who face not even themselves, void of pride, timorous, anæmic, hateful souls.

   • 1938, Henry Goddard Leach, Forum and Century, volume 100, page 156:

     My ordinarily even disposition was shattered, I thought, beyond repair — a condition that was not improved by my utter abhorrence of a diet of infant's food and anemic vegetables.

Translations

of or pertaining to anemia

Asturian: anémicu Bulgarian: анемичен (bg) (anemičen), малокръвен (bg) (malokrǎven) Catalan: anèmic Chinese: Mandarin: 贫血 (zh) Czech: chudokrevný (cs), anemický (cs) Danish: anæmisk, blodfattig Dutch: anemisch (nl) Esperanto: anemia (eo) Finnish: aneeminen (fi), vähäverinen (fi) French: anémique (fr) m or f Galician: anémico German: anämisch (de), blutarm (de) Greek: αναιμικός (el) (anaimikós) Icelandic: blóðlaus m Irish: anaemach, neamhfholach Italian: anemico (it) Macedonian: слабокрвен (slabokrven), анемичен (anemičen) Manx: aneemagh Norman: anémique m or f Plautdietsch: blootoam Polish: anemiczny (pl) Portuguese: anémico (Portugal), anêmico (pt) (Brazil) Russian: анеми́чный (ru) (anemíčnyj), малокро́вный (ru) (malokróvnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: анѐмичан Roman: anèmičan (sh) Sicilian: anèmicu Spanish: anémico (es) Swedish: anemisk (sv) Ukrainian: анемі́чний (uk) (anemíčnyj) Welsh: anemaidd, anemig Yiddish: אַנעמיש‎ (anemish)

listless, lacking vitality

Danish: blodfattig, anæmisk Polish: anemiczny (pl) Ukrainian: анемі́чний (uk) (anemíčnyj)

Noun

anemic (plural anemics)

1. An individual who has anemia.

Translations

Translations

Polish: anemik (pl) m, anemiczka f

Anagrams

• Mencia, came in, cinema, iceman

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Interlingua

Adjective

anemic (not comparable)

1. anemic

Related terms

• anemia

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Romanian

Etymology

From French anémique.

Noun

anemic m (plural anemici)

1. anemic

Declension

Declension of anemic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) anemic	anemicul	(niște) anemici	anemicii
genitive/dative	(unui) anemic	anemicului	(unor) anemici	anemicilor
vocative	anemicule		anemicilor