valetudinary (0 synonym found)

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Definition of valetudinary:

°Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
"The valetudinarian habit of discussing his health had grown on Rose... -- Florence Anne Sellar MacCunn, Sir Walter Scott's Friends, 1910, p. 234"
°A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health.
"The most uninformed mind, with a healthy body, is happier than the wisest valetudinarian. -- Thomas Jefferson, The Writings oF Thomas Jefferson, 1904, p. 168."

Definition of valetudinary:

°Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
"The valetudinarian habit of discussing his health had grown on Rose... -- Florence Anne Sellar MacCunn, Sir Walter Scott's Friends, 1910, p. 234"
°A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health.
"The most uninformed mind, with a healthy body, is happier than the wisest valetudinarian. -- Thomas Jefferson, The Writings oF Thomas Jefferson, 1904, p. 168."

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