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valetudinarian |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Valetudinarian \Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an\, a. [L. valetudinarius from valetudo state of health, health, ill health, fr valere to be strong or well: cf F. val['e]tudinaire. See {Valiant}.] Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm. My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach. --Coleridge. The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Valetudinarian \Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an\, n. A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health. Valetudinarians must live where they can command and scold. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: valetudinarian adj : of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian n : weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
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