"valetudinarian" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\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.

      My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach.
                                               --Coleridge.

      The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue,
      not a valetudinarian virtue.             --Macaulay.

\Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an\, n.
A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking
to recover health.

      Valetudinarians must live where they can command and
      scold.                                   --Swift.