'Consumptive' definitions:

Definition of 'consumptive'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" [ant: generative, productive]
adjective
Afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
noun
A person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: consumptive, lunger, tubercular]

Definition of 'Consumptive'

From: GCIDE
  • Consumptive \Con*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. consomptif.]
  • 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. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
  • A long consumptive war. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. [1913 Webster]
  • The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Consumptive'

From: GCIDE
  • Consumptive \Con*sump"tive\, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. [1913 Webster]