Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated)A sickly, infirm person.

Origin

From Latin valētūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By

From Latin valētūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian. Doublet of valetudinarious.

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Forms

plural: valetudinaries
Singularvaletudinary
Pluralvaletudinaries

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
valetudinarian

Word family

1 related words
Relatedvaletudinarianism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
valedictorianvalentineB2valetvaliantvaliantlyvalidB2
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