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Valetudinarian

Valetudinarian Meaning & Definition
Valetudinarian Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Valetudinarian?

[n] weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian

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See Also | diseased person | sick person | sufferer

Valetudinarian In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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