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valetudinarian
(encz) | valetudinarian,hypochondr n: Zdeněk Brož |
Valetudinarian
(gcide) | 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.
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My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach.
--Coleridge.
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The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue,
not a valetudinarian virtue. --Macaulay.
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Valetudinarian
(gcide) | Valetudinarian \Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an\, n.
A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking
to recover health.
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Valetudinarians must live where they can command and
scold. --Swift.
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valetudinarian
(wn) | valetudinarian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a
valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary]
n 1: weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned
with his or her health |
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