consumptive(n = noun.person) lunger, tubercular - a person with pulmonary tuberculosis;
is a kind of diseased person, sick person, sufferer

1.  consumptive(a = adj.all) - tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
Antonym: generative
Derived forms verb consume₂, verb consume₅

2.  consumptive(s = adj.all) - afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"

1.  Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. [1913 Webster]
"It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time." [1913 Webster]
"A long consumptive war." [1913 Webster]

2.  Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. [1913 Webster]
"The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed." [1913 Webster]

   One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. [1913 Webster]

consumptive, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or tending to consumption.
2 tending to or affected with pulmonary tuberculosis.
--n. a consumptive patient.

Derivative:
consumptively adv.

Etymology:
med.L consumptivus (as consumption)