Category:Valetudinarian

Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an, a. Etym: [l. valetudinarius, from valetudo State of health, health, ill health, fr. valere to be strong or well: Cf. F. valétudinaire. See valiant.]

Defn: 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.

Valetudinarian Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an, n.

Defn: 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.