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Definitions for: Valetudinarian
[n] weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach.
--Coleridge.
The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue,
not a valetudinarian virtue. --Macaulay.
Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an, n.
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.
See Also: diseased person, sick person, sufferer
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