'Valetudinarian' definitions:
Definition of 'valetudinarian'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary]
noun
Weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
Definition of 'Valetudinarian'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Webster]
- My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Valetudinarian'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'valetudinarian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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