Associations to the word «Valetudinary»

Noun

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Wiktionary

VALETUDINARY, adjective. (obsolete) sickly, infirm, valetudinarian
VALETUDINARY, noun. (dated) A sickly, infirm person.

Dictionary definition

VALETUDINARY, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats