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noun
The state, condition or habits of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfitness, softness
Narrower terms: asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, wasting
History
Etymology tree English valetudinarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English valetudinarianism From valetudinarian + -ism.
Across languages
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