English

Adjective

cachectic ‎(comparative more cachectic, superlative most cachectic)

1. Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 44:

     His horse has been restored to him (cachectic as ever, looking like one of the gutted nags the Druids used to impale for decoration) […].