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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Valetudinarian

· Val·e·tu·di·na·ri·an · IPA /ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛ.ɹi.ən/
01 a. Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
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    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.
02 n. A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
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    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.