Anemic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌˈni.mɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːmɪk

Alternative forms

• anaemic UK
• anæmic UK, rare

Origin

From anemia + -ic.

Full definition of anemic

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to anemia.
2. (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.
• 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.

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