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Definition of Valetodinarian

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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially one whose chief concern is being or becoming a chronic invalid
  • constantly ill or concerned with one's health
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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