He's so consumedly proud of it.
Thackeray.
Con*sum"er (-&etilde;r), n. One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
Con*sum"ing*ly, adv. In a consuming manner.
Con*sum"mate (-sŭm"m&asl;t), a. [L. consummatus, p. p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum.] Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate virtue." Addison.
The little band held the post with consummate tenacity.
Motley
Con"sum*mate (k&obreve;n"sŭm*māt or k&obreve;n*sŭm"māt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consummated (-mā`t&ebreve;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Consummating (-mā`t&ibreve;ng).] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
To consummate this business happily.
Shak.
Con*sum"mate*ly (?), adv. In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.
Con`sum*ma"tion (k&obreve;n`sŭm*mā"shŭn), n. [L. consummatio.] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).
"'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.
Shak.
From its original to its consummation.
Addison.
Quiet consummation have,
And renownÚd be thy grave.
Shak.
Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition.
Con*sum"ma*tive (?), a. Serving to consummate; completing. "The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy." Sir W. Hamilton.
Con*sump"tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption.
Burke.
2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.
Consumption of the bowels (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.
Syn. -- Decline; waste; decay. See Decline.
Con*sump"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. consomptif.] 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time.
Sharp.
A long consumptive war.
Addison.