valetudinary
valetudinary · valetudinaries
A sickly, infirm personA sickly, infirm person.
Meaning
1 senses(dated)A sickly, infirm person.
Origin
From Latin valētūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. ByFrom 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| Singular | valetudinary |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedvaletudinarianism
See also
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