| 单词 | valetudinarian |
| 释义 | valetudinarian[ val-i-tood-n-air-ee-uhn, -tyood- ] / ˌvæl ɪˌtud nˈɛər i ən, -ˌtyud- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR valetudinarian ON THESAURUS.COM nounan invalid. a person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or ailments. adjectivein poor health; sickly; invalid. excessively concerned about one's poor health or ailments. of, relating to, or characterized by invalidism. Origin of valetudinarianFirst recorded in 1695–1705; valetudinary + -an Words nearby valetudinarianvalet, valeta, valet de chambre, valet parking, Valetta, valetudinarian, valetudinarianism, valetudinary, valgus, Valhalla, valiancy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for valetudinarianBritish Dictionary definitions for valetudinarianvaletudinarian valetudinary (ˌvælɪˈtjuːdɪnərɪ)/ (ˌvælɪˌtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪən) / noun plural -narians or -nariesa person who is or believes himself to be chronically sick; invalid a person excessively worried about the state of his health; hypochondriac adjectiverelating to, marked by, or resulting from poor health being a valetudinarian trying to return to a healthy state Derived forms of valetudinarianvaletudinarianism, nounWord Origin for valetudinarianC18: from Latin valētūdō state of health, from valēre to be well Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for valetudinarianvaletudinarian [ văl′ĭ-tōōd′n-âr′ē-ən ] 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. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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