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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
valetudinarian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a
           valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary]
    n 1: weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned
         with his or her health

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Valetudinarian \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.
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         My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach.
                                                  --Coleridge.
   [1913 Webster]

         The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue,
         not a valetudinarian virtue.             --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Valetudinarian \Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an\, n.
   A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking
   to recover health.
   [1913 Webster]

         Valetudinarians must live where they can command and
         scold.                                   --Swift.
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Thesaurus Results for valetudinarian:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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