Wednesday 20th April
2016
Valetudinarian \[val-i-tood-n-air-ee-uh n,
-tyood-]
noun
1. an invalid.
2. a person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or
ailments.
adjective
3. in poor health; sickly; invalid.
4. excessively concerned about one's poor health or ailments.
5. of, relating to, or characterized by invalidism.
Quote
Naturally, he fell into many of the self-indulgent and troublesome ways of the
valetudinarian. He was constantly wanting coffee, which seems to have soothed
his headaches; and for this and his other wants he used to wear out the servants
in his friends' houses by "frequent and frivolous errands."
Leslie Stephen, Alexander Pope 1880
Origin
Valetudinarian stems from the Latin word for "state of health," valētūdō, which
in turn derives from the verb valēre, "to be well."
It entered English in the late 1600’s.
It entered English in the late 1600’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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