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- Dictionaryvaletudinarian/ˌvalɪˌtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪən/
noun
- 1. a person who is unduly anxious about their health.
adjective
- 1. showing undue concern about one's health: "the valetudinarian English"
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: of, relating to, or characteristic of a valetudinarian : sickly, weak. Did you know? Oddly enough, valetudinarian, a word for someone who is sickly (or at least thinks he or she is), comes from valēre, a Latin word that means "to have strength" or "to be well."
1. a person who is or believes himself or herself to be chronically sick. 2. a person excessively worried about the state of his or her health; hypochondriac. adjective. 3. relating to, marked by, or resulting from poor health. 4. being a valetudinarian. 5. trying to return to a healthy state. Collins English Dictionary.
Definitions of valetudinarian. noun. weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health. see more. adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian. synonyms: valetudinary. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Valetudinarian."
The earliest known use of the word valetudinarian is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for valetudinarian is from 1703, in the writing of William Dampier, buccaneer and explorer. valetudinarian is formed within English, by derivation. See etymology.
Definitions of 'valetudinarian'. 1. a person who is or believes himself or herself to be chronically sick. [...] 2. a person excessively worried about the state of his or her health; hypochondriac. [...] 3. relating to, marked by, or resulting from poor health.
1. (Medicine) a person who is or believes himself to be chronically sick; invalid. 2. (Medicine) a person excessively worried about the state of his health; hypochondriac. adj. 3. (Medicine) relating to, marked by, or resulting from poor health. 4. (Medicine) being a valetudinarian. 5. (Medicine) trying to return to a healthy state.
a person who is excessively concerned about their own poor health or ailments. adjective. in poor health; sickly; invalid. excessively concerned about one's poor health or ailments. of, relating to, or characterized by invalidism. valetudinarian. / ˌvælɪˈtjuːdɪnərɪ; ˌvælɪˌtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪən / noun.
3 days ago · valetudinarian (comparative more valetudinarian, superlative most valetudinarian) Sickly, infirm, of ailing health. The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a virtue. Mr. Granard became a ; he was always applying to some physician or another, perhaps a little to their bewilderment, for no disease was apparent: they knew not ...
noun A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. adjective sickly, infirm, of ailing health. adjective being overly worried about one's health.
a person who is or believes himself to be chronically sick; invalid. a person excessively worried about the state of his health; hypochondriac. adj. relating to, marked by, or resulting from poor health. being a valetudinarian. trying to return to a healthy state. Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin valētūdō state of health, from valēre to be well.
