valetudinarian

Denitions of

Word Family

valetudinarian

valetudinarian
the "valetudinarian" family

1.
n

weak or sickly person especially one

morbidly concerned with his or her
health

Usage Examples
Paranoid about his health, this classic valetudinarian is
really scared of dying alone and unloved.
Los Angeles Times Oct 17, 2016

diseased person, sick person, suerer

Type of:

a person suering from an illness

Andy from Broadstairs, potentially impressed by the

heft of , writes: "What does valetudinarians mean Will?
have you been at the thesaurus again?"

adj

of or relating to or characteristic of a
person who is a valetudinarian

Synonyms:

valetudinary

BBC Nov 8, 2013

They began to think me some poor valetudinarian; but

though I was in torments, a feeling of vanity made me
endeavour to behave sensibly.
Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de

All these Errors have their troublesome Consequences

on those who eat it; but in a greater Degree on Children
and Valetudinarians, or weakly People.
Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

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