Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Consumptive has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
tending to consume or use often wastefully
"water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"
"duties consumptive of time and energy"
"consumptive fires"
afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
"a consumptive patient"
"a consumptive cough"
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.