形けい容よう枯こ槁こうす

expression, suru verb (precursor)

become emaciated; waste away; grow gaunt

Literary and archaic expression describing a person's appearance becoming haggard and thin, often from illness or hardship. Used in classical or highly formal contexts.

• 長なが患わずらいで彼かれは形けい容よう枯こ槁こうした。

  He became emaciated from a long illness.