What is "valetudinary" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does valetudinary mean in English? Meaning of valetudinary definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "valetudinary" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "valetudinary": of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian

Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian
  • Synonyms: valetudinarian valetudinary
  • Adjective: (obsolete) sickly, infirm, valetudinarian 1727, Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VI. (of XXI.)[1]: "His Majesty began to become valetudinary; and the hypochondria which tormented him rendered his humor very melancholy. 1887, Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)[2]: It produces a weak valetudinary state of body, attended by all those horrid disorders, and yet more horrid methods of cure, which are the result of luxury on the one hand, and the weak and ridiculous efforts of human art on the other.1727, Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VI. (of XXI.)[1]: "His Majesty began to become valetudinary; and the hypochondria which tormented him rendered his humor very melancholy.1887, Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)[2]: It produces a weak valetudinary state of body, attended by all those horrid disorders, and yet more horrid methods of cure, which are the result of luxury on the one hand, and the weak and ridiculous efforts of human art on the other.
  • Synonyms:

    neurotic, morbid person, obsessive person,

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