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Valetudinarian
Valˊe-tuˊdi-na′ri-an
,Adj.
[L.
valetudinarius
, from valetudo
state of health, health, ill health, fr. valere
to be strong or well: cf. F. valétudinaire
. 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.
Valˊe-tuˊdi-na′ri-an
,Noun.
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.