Sunday, June 08, 2003

Word of the Day #2



valetudinarian



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).

adj.
Chronically ailing; sickly.
Constantly and morbidly concerned with one's health.

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