bulimia
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Definition of bulimia
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
“Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
“Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.”
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Excessive hunger.
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Etymology
PIE word *gʷṓws Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-ia”).
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