valetudinous

English

Etymology

From valetude +‎ -in- +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvælɪˈt(j)uːdɪnəs/

Adjective

valetudinous (comparative more valetudinous, superlative most valetudinous)

1. (obsolete) valetudinarian; infirm, sickly
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC:

     the valetudinous condition of King Edward

   • 1906, California State Journal of Medicine, volume 4, page 169:

     Symptoms pointing to mild hepatic and gastrointestinal derangement have thus recurred for several years. The family declined an operation until finally the youth, becoming weary of his valetudinous condition, took the matter into his own hands and went to the hospital.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “valetudinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)