a. [f. prec. + -AL 1.] = prec.
1625. Hart, Anat. Ur., iv. 43. She was of a whitish bleake colour, and of a cachecticall disposition.
1733. Arbuthnot, Ess. Effects Air, vii. 184 (J.). Young and florid Blood, rather than vapid and cachectical.
1755. in Johnson; also in Craig and mod. Dicts.
