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   emaciated

   /ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food: "she was so emaciated she could hardly stand"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin emaciat- ‘made thin’, from the verb emaciare, from e- (variant of ex-, expressing a change of state) + macies ‘leanness’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

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