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noun
1.
an infirm or sickly person.
2.
a person who is too sick or weak to care for himself or herself: My father was an invalid the last ten years of his life.
3.
Archaic. a member of the armed forces disabled for active service.
adjective
4.
unable to care for oneself due to infirmity or disability: his invalid sister.
5.
of or for invalids: invalid diets.
6.
(of things) in poor or weakened condition: the invalid state of his rocking chair.
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verb (used with object)
7.
to affect with disease; make an invalid: He was invalided for life.
8.
to remove from or classify as not able to perform active service, as an invalid.
9.
British. to remove or evacuate (military personnel) from an active theater of operations because of injury or illness.
verb (used without object) Archaic.
10.
to become an invalid.
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adjective
1.
not valid; without force or foundation; indefensible.
2.
deficient in substance or cogency; weak.
3.
void or without legal force, as a contract.
Origin:
1625–35; < Medieval Latin invalidus, Latin: weak; see invalid1
1625–35; < Medieval Latin invalidus, Latin: weak; see invalid1
Related forms
in·val·id·ly, adverb
in·val·id·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History
invalid
1635, "not strong, infirm," also "of no legal force," from L. invalidus "not strong, infirm, weak, feeble," from in- "not" + validus "strong." Meaning "infirm from sickness, disease, or injury" is from 1642. The noun is first recorded 1704, originally of disabled military men. Invalidate is from 1649.
EXPANDInvalides is short for Fr. Hôtel des Invalides, home for old and disabled soldiers in Paris.
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invalid in·va·lid1 (ĭn'və-lĭd)
n.
One who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or disability. adj.
Incapacitated by illness or injury.
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