valetudinary
1 synonym for valetudinary, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Often unwell and in weak health.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Formed from Latin valētūdin- and -ary, valētūdin- being the oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, itself from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, this is valetude + -arian, and it is a doublet of valetudinarious.
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