• (a.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. • (n.) One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. • (a.) Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/consumptive/
Con·sump'tive adjective [ Confer French consomptif .] 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. « It [ prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. » « A long consumptive war. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/145
adjective afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; `a consumptive patient`; `a consumptive cough` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
tending to consume; destructive; wasteful. · pertaining to consumption by use. · · pertaining to or of the nature of consumption. · disposed to or affected with consumption. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/consumptive