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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a tabid manner; wastingly; consumptively.

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  • He that is tabidly [III. 2] inclined, were unwise to pass his days in Portugal: cholical persons will find little comfort in Austria or Vienna: he that is weak-legged must not be in love with Rome, nor an infirm head with Venice or Paris.

    Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643

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