衰すい躯く

noun

emaciated body; wasted frame

A literary or formal term for a body weakened by age or illness. Not used in everyday conversation; more common alternatives include やせ細った体 or 衰弱した体.

• 病びょう床しょうの老ろう作さっ家かは、衰すい躯くを横よこたえていた。

  The elderly author lay in his sickbed, his emaciated body stretched out.