adj
Meaning 1
Sickly, infirm, of ailing health; related to ill health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
valetudinarian
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌvæ.ləˌtuː.dɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/
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General-American: /ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛ.ɹi.ən/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
adj
Meaning 2
Being overly worried about one's health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: valetudinary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
History
Etymology
From Latin valētūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: болнав (bolnav) — of infirm health; sickly
- Finnish: sairaalloinen — of infirm health; sickly
- French: valétudinaire — of infirm health; sickly
- Georgian: ავადმყოფი (avadmq̇opi) — of infirm health; sickly
- Georgian: არაჯანსაღი — of infirm health; sickly
- German: kränklich — of infirm health; sickly
- German: kränkelnd — of infirm health; sickly
- German: siechend — of infirm health; sickly
- German: schwach — of infirm health; sickly
- German: kraftlos — of infirm health; sickly
- German: gebrechlich — of infirm health; sickly
- Greek: υποχονδριακός (ypochondriakós) — of infirm health; sickly
- Italian: valetudinario — of infirm health; sickly
- Portuguese: valetudinário — of infirm health; sickly
- Spanish: valetudinario — of infirm health; sickly
- Bulgarian: ипохондрик (ipohondrik) — person obsessed with their health
- French: hypocondriaque — person obsessed with their health
- Georgian: ჰიპოქონდრიაკი (hiṗokondriaḳi) — person obsessed with their health
- Greek: υποχόνδριος (ypochóndrios) — person obsessed with their health
- Spanish: hipocondríaco — person obsessed with their health