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valetudinarian

noun

1 valetudinarian

Weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Roget 656: salubrity; healthiness etc. adj.. fine air, fine climate; eudiometer.    [Preservation of health] hygiene; valetudinarian, valetudinarianism; sanitarian; sanitarium, ... show more

Dutch: hypochonder
Polish: ułomek, chuchrak, słabiak, zgniłek, cherlawiec, mizerak, chuchro, słabeusz, zdechlak, mizerota ... show more

adjective

1 valetudinarian

Of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian.

synonym: valetudinary.


Moby thesaurus: alcoholic, alternating personality, antisocial personality, apoplectic, arthritic, cachectic, case, consumptive, debilitated, disordered personality, disturbed personality, double personality, drained, drug user, dual personality, dyspeptic, emotionally unstable personality, enervated, epileptic, escapist ... show more.

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