valetudinarian
noun
- a person in poor health; invalid
- one who thinks constantly and anxiously about one's own health
adjective
- characterized by or in poor health; sickly
- anxiously concerned about one's health
See valetudinarian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(vălˌĭ-to͞odˌn-ârˈē-ən, -tyo͞odˌ-)
noun A sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health: “She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions, but she was in fact an utterly self-centered valetudinarian” (Louis Auchincloss).
adjective- Chronically ailing; sickly.
- Constantly and morbidly concerned with one's health.
Related Forms:
- valˌe·tuˌdi·narˈi·an·ism noun
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