consumptive
消耗性の、肺結核の
解説 Definition
肺結核に関する、または浪費的な。
Using up energy, strength, or resources little by little; wasting or weakening over time. In older medical use, it can also mean related to tuberculosis, but that sense is now uncommon.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
consume を知っていれば核はつかみやすい語です。consumptive は「消費する性質の」「消耗させる」を表す形容詞で、-tive は active などと同じく「〜する性質の」。まずは consume resources の延長で「資源や体力をじわじわ使い尽くす感じ」を持つと覚えるとよいです。そこから、長く人を弱らせる病という連想で「肺結核の」の意味にもつながります。consumer や consuming と違い、便利・中立ではなく、浪費的・消耗的・病的という重い語感がある点をセットで押さえると定着します。
If you know `consume`, the core idea is easier to hold. The ending `-tive` means having that kind of effect, so `consumptive` suggests something that uses up or wears down. Think of resources, strength, or health being slowly drained away.
例文
Consumptive disease weakens the body.
消耗性疾患は体を弱める。
Historically, consumptive patients were isolated.
歴史的に、肺結核患者は隔離された。
His consumptive habits drained his finances.
彼の浪費的な習慣は彼の財政を枯渇させた。
consumptive の類義語・関連語
consumptive の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 consumere（con- 完全に＋sumere 取る＝使い尽くす）に形容詞接尾辞 -tive を付加。体力を「消耗させる」病として肺結核の意味も生じた。関連語: consume, consumption。「すべてを取り尽くす」が原義。
Consumptive comes from Latin consumere, meaning "to use up completely," from con- "completely" and sumere "to take." With the adjective ending -tive, it first meant something that uses up or destroys. It later became strongly connected with diseases like tuberculosis, which seemed to waste the body away. Related words include consume and consumption.
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