Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wasting away or consumption of the body by disease; emaciation; tabescence; tabes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
gradual loss offlesh due todisease .
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sionnach commented on the word tabefaction
Casting a spell on someone that turns them into a pussycat.
No, not really; it means wasting away or emaciation.
December 11, 2008