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comparative more anorexic, superlative most anorexic
Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa. quotations examples
I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail.
2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 158
(by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial. quotations examples
He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.
2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17
plural anorexics
Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa. examples
A medicine which suppresses appetite. examples