Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an (?), a. [L.
valetudinarius, from valetudo state of health, health, ill
health, fr. valere to be strong or well: cf. F.
valétudinaire. See Valiant.] Of infirm health;
seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
My feeble health and valetudinarian
stomach.
Coleridge.
The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not
a valetudinarian virtue.
Macaulay.Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an, n. A person of a
weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover
health.
Valetudinarians must live where they can command and
scold.
Swift.