valetudinary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sickly, infirm person. dated
形容词 adj.
  1. Sickly, infirm, valetudinarian. obsolete
    — "His Majesty began to become valetudinary; and the hypochondria which tormented him rendered his humor very melancholy.

词形变化

more valetudinary comparative most valetudinary superlative valetudinaries plural

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词源

词源 1
From Latin valētūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian. Doublet of valetudinarious.
词源 2
From Latin valētūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian. Doublet of valetudinarious.
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