Definition of "valetudinary" []

• Of, relating to, or typical of a valetudinarian. (adjective)
• A valetudinarian. (noun)

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• "The Lady of Lochleven rose from the bedside, and darted a penetrating look at the elder valetudinary."
• "Governor himself, expressed that settled peevishness and ill temper which characterize the morning hours of a valetudinary debauchee."
• "The whole season being wet, cold, and northerly, people were, for the most part, healthy during winter; but early in the spring very many, indeed, the greater part, were valetudinary."