valetudinarian

valetudinarian
Synonyms and related words:
alcoholic, alternating personality, antisocial personality, apoplectic, arthritic, cachectic, case, consumptive, debilitated, disordered personality, disturbed personality, double personality, drained, drug user, dual personality, dyspeptic, emotionally unstable personality, enervated, epileptic, escapist, exhausted, failing, feeble, frail, healthless, hostile personality, hypochondriac, hypochondriast, idiot, imaginary invalid, immature personality, in poor health, inadequate personality, incurable, inferior personality, infirm, inpatient, invalid, languishing, malade imaginaire, maladjusted personality, mentally defective personality, moral insanity, moribund, multiple personality, neuropath, neurotic, neurotic personality, outpatient, pale, paranoid personality, patient, peaked, peaky, perverse personality, psychoneurotic, psychopath, psychopathic personality, psychotic, psychotic personality, reduced, reduced in health, rheumatic, run-down, schizoid, schizoid personality, seclusive personality, sexual psychopath, shut-in, shut-in personality, sick person, sickly, sociopath, spastic, split personality, sufferer, terminal case, the sick, unhealthy, unsound, valetudinary, weak personality, weakened, weakly, with low resistance

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  • Valetudinarian — 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Valetudinarian — Val e*tu di*na ri*an, n. A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health. [1913 Webster] Valetudinarians must live where they can command and scold. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • valetudinarian — (n.) one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments, 1703, from valetudinary (1580s), from L. valetudinarius, from valetudo state of health, from valere be strong (see VALIANT (Cf. valiant)) + tudo, abstract noun suffix (see TUDE (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • valetudinarian — [n] hypochondriac morbid person, neurotic, obsessive person, valetudinary; concept 316 …   New thesaurus

  • valetudinarian — ► NOUN ▪ a person in poor health or who is unduly anxious about their health. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in poor health or showing undue concern about one s health. ORIGIN from Latin valetudinarius in ill health …   English terms dictionary

  • valetudinarian — n. pl. valetudinaries [val΄ə to͞o΄də ner′ē ən, val΄ətyo͞o΄də ner′ē ən] n. [< L valetudinarius, sickly, infirm, an invalid < valetudo (gen. valetudinis), state of health, sickness < valere, to be strong: see VALUE] 1. a person in poor… …   English World dictionary

  • Valetudinarian — Someone with a weak or sickly constitution, especially someone whose chief concern is being or becoming a chronic invalid. The word valetudinarian comes from the Latin valere , which means to be strong or to be well, via valetudo which could… …   Medical dictionary

  • valetudinarian — 1. adjective /ˌvæ.lə.ˌtuː.də.ˈnɛr.i.ən/ Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm. The valetudinarian habit of discussing his health had grown on Rose... Florence Anne Sellar MacCunn, Sir Walter Scotts Friends, 1910, p.… …   Wiktionary

  • valetudinarian — I. noun Etymology: Latin valetudinarius sickly, infirm, from valetudin , valetudo state of health, sickness, from valēre to be strong, be well more at wield Date: 1703 a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially one whose chief concern… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • valetudinarian — /ˌvælətjudəˈnɛəriən / (say .valuhtyoohduh nairreeuhn) noun 1. an invalid. 2. someone who is constantly or excessively concerned about the state of their health. –adjective 3. in poor health; sickly; invalid. 4. constantly or excessively concerned …  

  • valetudinarian — n. & adj. n. a person of poor health or unduly anxious about health. adj. 1 of or being a valetudinarian. 2 of poor health. 3 seeking to recover one s health. Derivatives: valetudinarianism n. Etymology: L valetudinarius in ill health f. valetudo …   Useful english dictionary

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