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noun
1.
an invalid.
2.
a person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or ailments.
adjective
3.
in poor health; sickly; invalid.
4.
excessively concerned about one's poor health or ailments.
5.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by invalidism.
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Valetudinarian
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| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
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Word Origin & History
valetudinarian
"one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments," 1703, from valetudinary (1581), from L. valetudinarius, from valetudo "state of health," from valere "be strong" (see valiant) + -tudo, abstract noun suffix. Valetudinary (adj.) "sickly" is recorded from 1581.
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valetudinarian val·e·tu·di·nar·i·an (vāl'ĭ-t&oomacr;d'n-âr'ē-ən, -ty&oomacr;d'-)
n.
A sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health. adj.
Chronically ailing; sickly.
Constantly and morbidly concerned with one's health.
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