valetudinary

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valetudinary

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From Latin valētūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian. Doublet of valetudinarious.

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  1. obsolete Sickly, infirm, valetudinarian. "His Majesty began to become valetudinary; and the hypochondria which tormented him rendered his humor very melancholy.

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noun valetudinaries

  1. dated A sickly, infirm person.

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@misc{valetudinary_2026,
  title = {valetudinary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/valetudinary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}