Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of phthisic.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tissick.

Examples

  • Mrs. Pedlar was keeping her bed for the moment with a tissick to the tubes, and when the man got there he found Milly busy over the ancient woman's supper.

    The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • (noun) - A tickling faint cough; called also a "tissicky cough." --Rev. Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830

    April 22, 2018