I. ˌvaləˌtüd ə nˈerēən, -lə.ˌtyü-, -ˈa(a)r-, -ˈār- noun
( -s )
Etymology: valetudinary (I) + -an
: a person of a weak or sickly constitution ; especially : one whose chief concern is his invalidism
was a valetudinarian and believed that no other physician could keep him in health — Bertrand Russell
II. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a valetudinarian : sickly , weak , infirm
become slight-limbed, puny, and valetudinarian — William Cowper
the virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue — T.B.Macaulay