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emaciato

emaciated

adjective eh-mah-CHAH-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare (to make lean).

Also means

gaunt

Usage Note

Emaciato describes a person or animal that is severely thin due to illness or starvation. It agrees in gender and number: un volto emaciato, una figura emaciata. It is a literary or medical register word; in everyday speech Italians might say molto magro or denutrito instead.

Examples

"Il prigioniero aveva un viso emaciato."

Natural Translation

The prisoner had an emaciated face.

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