bulimic
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- noun
- /bjuˈlɪmɪk/
- Specialized
- The bulimia story: If it were going anywhere, Kitty's attempts to make Marley (Melissa Benoist) bulimic were horrifying.
Examples
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There were several suicides, a car accident, a bulimic whose stomach exploded...
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And a bulimic.
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When he couldn't hold it off, he gave in to it the way a bulimic gives in to food.
Fiction book (1997) -
So I'm gonna have to say that their cheer blew like a bulimic after Christmas dinner.
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Unlike the classic bulimic, he did not pause to purge himself but kept on eating with undiminished appetite.
Fiction book (2002) -
My friend is a bulimic who is working hard to overcome her eating disorder.
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It's important to support someone who identifies as a bulimic, as recovery can be challenging.
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Many bulimic individuals struggle with the cycle of binge eating and purging.
Surface Forms
Morphology
bulimic = bulimia (opaque) = bulim + ic
The transformation from 'bulimia' to 'bulimic' is straightforward, but the root 'bulim' is not a standalone English word.
Etymology
The word bulimic comes from the Greek parts bous ('ox') and limos ('hunger') because it described a very strong, 'ox-like' appetite. So a bulimic as a noun is a person who often eats a lot at once and then tries to get rid of the food.