valetudinarian

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valetudinarian
adj. chronically worrying about one's health; constantly in poor health
 
n. one who worries chronically about his health; invalid


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valetudinarian
Noun
1. weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
(hypernym) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Valetudinarian
(n.)
A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
  
 
(a.)
Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

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valetudinarian
A person who is obsessed with some ailment

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valetudinarian
Synonyms and related words:
alcoholic, alternating personality, antisocial personality, apoplectic, arthritic, cachectic, case, consumptive, debilitated, disordered personality, disturbed personality, double personality, drained, drug user, dual personality, dyspeptic, emotionally unstable personality, enervated, epileptic, escapist, exhausted, failing, feeble, frail, healthless, hostile personality, hypochondriac, hypochondriast, idiot, imaginary invalid, immature personality, in poor health, inadequate personality, incurable, inferior personality, infirm, inpatient, invalid, languishing, malade imaginaire, maladjusted personality, mentally defective personality, moral insanity, moribund, multiple personality, neuropath, neurotic, neurotic personality, outpatient, pale, paranoid personality, patient, peaked, peaky, perverse personality, psychoneurotic, psychopath, psychopathic personality, psychotic, psychotic personality, reduced, reduced in health, rheumatic, run-down, schizoid, schizoid personality, seclusive personality, sexual psychopath, shut-in, shut-in personality, sick person, sickly, sociopath, spastic, split personality, sufferer, terminal case, the sick, unhealthy, unsound, valetudinary, weak personality, weakened, weakly, with low resistance
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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