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noun
- A person in poor health or sickly, expecially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health
- The most uninformed mind, with a healthy body, is happier than the wisest . -- Thomas Jefferson, The Writings oF Thomas Jefferson, 1904, p. 168.
Translations: adjective
- Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
- The habit of discussing his health had grown on Rose... -- Florence Anne Sellar MacCunn?, Sir Walter Scott's Friends, 1910, p. 234
Translations: - French: valétudinaire
- Italian: valetudinario(it)
- Spanish: valetudinaria(es, valetudinario, m}}, {{t-, es)f
Etymology: From valetudinarius, valÄtÅdinÄrius, from valetudo state of health, health, ill health, from valere to be strong or well.
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