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valetudinary

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val⋅e⋅tu⋅di⋅nar⋅y

  [val-i-tood-n-er-ee, -tyood-]
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–noun, plural -nar⋅ies.
valetudinarian.
Origin:
1575–85; < L valētūdinārius sickly, equiv. to valētūdin- (s. of valētūdō) good or bad state of health (valē(re) to be well + -tūdō -tude ) + -ārius -ary
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val·e·tu·di·nar·y   (vāl'ĭ-tōōd'n-ěr'ē, -tyōōd'-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or typical of a valetudinarian.
n.   pl. val·e·tu·di·nar·ies
A valetudinarian.
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valetudinary val·e·tu·di·nar·y (vāl'ĭ-t&oomacr;d'n-ěr'ē, -ty&oomacr;d'-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or typical of a valetudinarian. n.
A valetudinarian.

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