Definition of valetudinarian in English:

valetudinarian

noun ˌvalɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən

1A person who is unduly anxious about their health.
为健康过分担忧的人
Example sentencesExamples
- I replied by giving him a full, complete, and accurate history of my ailments, after the manner of valetudinarians.
- The English people are a nation of valetudinarians, but there is not sufficient nutriment in their food, which seems to consist mainly of chilled meat.
- Emma, a clever, pretty, and self-satisfied young woman, is the daughter, and mistress of the house, of Mr Woodhouse, an amiable old valetudinarian.
- Dietetic recommendations aimed at the cultivation of mind were replaced around the middle of the century by characterisations of polite urban eaters as valetudinarians and the creation of a market for health advice and products.
- The wonder is that valetudinarians have not more frequently availed themselves of the advantages it offers, instead of having recourse to watering-places.
Synonyms
hypochondriac, neurotic, invalid, valetudinary
French malade imaginaire
archaic melancholico
1. 1.1 A person suffering from poor health.
  体弱多病者
  Example sentencesExamples
  The number of valetudinarians continued to decrease and the Spa House became in time the headquarters of the roistering Rakes of Mallow.
  The group highly recommended with the vaccination include citizens above 60 years old, people with chronic diseases, valetudinarians, medical workers, primary school students and kindergartners.
  A trickle of visitors soon turned to a flood and the Silesian peasant was, by the beginning of the 1840s, personally ministering to hundreds of valetudinarians a year.
  Here are always to be seen a great number of valetudinarians from the West Indies, seeking for the renovation of health, exhausted by the debilitating nature of their sun, air, and modes of living.
  In the western part of the parish is a valley encircled with hills, celebrated for goats’ milk, which is in much request by valetudinarians, who resort hither during the summer months.
  Synonyms
  sick person, case, sufferer, victim

adjective ˌvalɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən

1Showing undue concern about one's health.
为健康过分担忧的
the valetudinarian English
Example sentencesExamples
- In their fascinating and eloquent valetudinarian correspondence, Adams and Jefferson had a great deal to say about religion.
Synonyms
hypochondriac, self-obsessed, neurotic, obsessed with one's health
sickly, ailing, poorly, in poor health, weak, feeble, frail, delicate, debilitated, invalid, bedridden, infirm, washed out, run down, valetudinary
archaic splenetic
rare hipped, hippish
1. 1.1 Suffering from poor health.
  体弱多病者
  Example sentencesExamples
  Diseases cannot be cured by mummifying the valetudinarian victim's mortal vessel in bandages.
  Synonyms
  unwell, sick, not well, not very well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaky, afflicted, indisposed, infirm, liverish

Derivatives

valetudinarianism

nounˌvalɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənɪz(ə)mˌvæləˌt(j)ud(ə)nˈɛriəˌnɪzəm

Personally I don't need an absolute to enable me to distinguish between, say, the good of kindness and the evil of slander, or the good of health and the evil of valetudinarianism.
Example sentencesExamples
- Theatre exists in such an eternally precarious state of valetudinarianism that observers keep predicting its imminent demise.
- These monuments to Victorian valetudinarianism were packed with patented paraphernalia such as exercise machines and weightlifting contraptions.
- A common characteristic of hypochondriascism and valetudinarianism is that both possess exaggerated fears about potential disability.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin valetudinarius 'in ill health' (from valetudo 'health', from valere 'be well') + -an.

Rhymes

agrarian, antiquarian, apiarian, Aquarian, Arian, Aryan, authoritarian, barbarian, Bavarian, Bulgarian, Caesarean (US Cesarean), centenarian, communitarian, contrarian, Darien, disciplinarian, egalitarian, equalitarian, establishmentarian, fruitarian, Gibraltarian, grammarian, Hanoverian, humanitarian, Hungarian, latitudinarian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, millenarian, necessarian, necessitarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, ovarian, Parian, parliamentarian, planarian, predestinarian, prelapsarian, proletarian, quadragenarian, quinquagenarian, quodlibetarian, Rastafarian, riparian, rosarian, Rotarian, sabbatarian, Sagittarian, sanitarian, Sauveterrian, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, topiarian, totalitarian, Trinitarian, ubiquitarian, Unitarian, utilitarian, vegetarian, veterinarian, vulgarian

Definition of valetudinarian in US English:

valetudinarian

nounˌvaləˌt(y)o͞odnˈerēənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən

1A person who is unduly anxious about their health.
为健康过分担忧的人
Example sentencesExamples
- The wonder is that valetudinarians have not more frequently availed themselves of the advantages it offers, instead of having recourse to watering-places.
- Dietetic recommendations aimed at the cultivation of mind were replaced around the middle of the century by characterisations of polite urban eaters as valetudinarians and the creation of a market for health advice and products.
- Emma, a clever, pretty, and self-satisfied young woman, is the daughter, and mistress of the house, of Mr Woodhouse, an amiable old valetudinarian.
- I replied by giving him a full, complete, and accurate history of my ailments, after the manner of valetudinarians.
- The English people are a nation of valetudinarians, but there is not sufficient nutriment in their food, which seems to consist mainly of chilled meat.
Synonyms
hypochondriac, neurotic, invalid, valetudinary
1. 1.1 A person suffering from poor health.
  体弱多病者
  Example sentencesExamples
  Here are always to be seen a great number of valetudinarians from the West Indies, seeking for the renovation of health, exhausted by the debilitating nature of their sun, air, and modes of living.
  The number of valetudinarians continued to decrease and the Spa House became in time the headquarters of the roistering Rakes of Mallow.
  The group highly recommended with the vaccination include citizens above 60 years old, people with chronic diseases, valetudinarians, medical workers, primary school students and kindergartners.
  In the western part of the parish is a valley encircled with hills, celebrated for goats’ milk, which is in much request by valetudinarians, who resort hither during the summer months.
  A trickle of visitors soon turned to a flood and the Silesian peasant was, by the beginning of the 1840s, personally ministering to hundreds of valetudinarians a year.
  Synonyms
  sick person, case, sufferer, victim

adjectiveˌvaləˌt(y)o͞odnˈerēənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən

1Showing undue concern about one's health.
为健康过分担忧的
the valetudinarian English
Example sentencesExamples
- In their fascinating and eloquent valetudinarian correspondence, Adams and Jefferson had a great deal to say about religion.
Synonyms
hypochondriac, self-obsessed, neurotic, obsessed with one's health
1. 1.1 Suffering from poor health.
  体弱多病者
  Example sentencesExamples
  Diseases cannot be cured by mummifying the valetudinarian victim's mortal vessel in bandages.
  Synonyms
  unwell, sick, not well, not very well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaky, afflicted, indisposed, infirm, liverish

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin valetudinarius ‘in ill health’ (from valetudo ‘health’, from valere ‘be well’) + -an.

词汇	valetudinarian
释义	Definition of valetudinarian in English: valetudinarian noun ˌvalɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən 1A person who is unduly anxious about their health. 为健康过分担忧的人 Example sentencesExamples I replied by giving him a full, complete, and accurate history of my ailments, after the manner of valetudinarians. The English people are a nation of valetudinarians, but there is not sufficient nutriment in their food, which seems to consist mainly of chilled meat. Emma, a clever, pretty, and self-satisfied young woman, is the daughter, and mistress of the house, of Mr Woodhouse, an amiable old valetudinarian. Dietetic recommendations aimed at the cultivation of mind were replaced around the middle of the century by characterisations of polite urban eaters as valetudinarians and the creation of a market for health advice and products. The wonder is that valetudinarians have not more frequently availed themselves of the advantages it offers, instead of having recourse to watering-places. Synonyms hypochondriac, neurotic, invalid, valetudinary French malade imaginaire archaic melancholico 1.1 A person suffering from poor health. 体弱多病者 Example sentencesExamples The number of valetudinarians continued to decrease and the Spa House became in time the headquarters of the roistering Rakes of Mallow. The group highly recommended with the vaccination include citizens above 60 years old, people with chronic diseases, valetudinarians, medical workers, primary school students and kindergartners. A trickle of visitors soon turned to a flood and the Silesian peasant was, by the beginning of the 1840s, personally ministering to hundreds of valetudinarians a year. Here are always to be seen a great number of valetudinarians from the West Indies, seeking for the renovation of health, exhausted by the debilitating nature of their sun, air, and modes of living. In the western part of the parish is a valley encircled with hills, celebrated for goats’ milk, which is in much request by valetudinarians, who resort hither during the summer months. Synonyms sick person, case, sufferer, victim adjective ˌvalɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən 1Showing undue concern about one's health. 为健康过分担忧的 the valetudinarian English Example sentencesExamples In their fascinating and eloquent valetudinarian correspondence, Adams and Jefferson had a great deal to say about religion. Synonyms hypochondriac, self-obsessed, neurotic, obsessed with one's health sickly, ailing, poorly, in poor health, weak, feeble, frail, delicate, debilitated, invalid, bedridden, infirm, washed out, run down, valetudinary archaic splenetic rare hipped, hippish 1.1 Suffering from poor health. 体弱多病者 Example sentencesExamples Diseases cannot be cured by mummifying the valetudinarian victim's mortal vessel in bandages. Synonyms unwell, sick, not well, not very well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaky, afflicted, indisposed, infirm, liverish Derivatives valetudinarianism nounˌvalɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənɪz(ə)mˌvæləˌt(j)ud(ə)nˈɛriəˌnɪzəm Personally I don't need an absolute to enable me to distinguish between, say, the good of kindness and the evil of slander, or the good of health and the evil of valetudinarianism. Example sentencesExamples Theatre exists in such an eternally precarious state of valetudinarianism that observers keep predicting its imminent demise. These monuments to Victorian valetudinarianism were packed with patented paraphernalia such as exercise machines and weightlifting contraptions. A common characteristic of hypochondriascism and valetudinarianism is that both possess exaggerated fears about potential disability. Origin Early 18th century: from Latin valetudinarius 'in ill health' (from valetudo 'health', from valere 'be well') + -an. Rhymes agrarian, antiquarian, apiarian, Aquarian, Arian, Aryan, authoritarian, barbarian, Bavarian, Bulgarian, Caesarean (US Cesarean), centenarian, communitarian, contrarian, Darien, disciplinarian, egalitarian, equalitarian, establishmentarian, fruitarian, Gibraltarian, grammarian, Hanoverian, humanitarian, Hungarian, latitudinarian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, millenarian, necessarian, necessitarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, ovarian, Parian, parliamentarian, planarian, predestinarian, prelapsarian, proletarian, quadragenarian, quinquagenarian, quodlibetarian, Rastafarian, riparian, rosarian, Rotarian, sabbatarian, Sagittarian, sanitarian, Sauveterrian, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, topiarian, totalitarian, Trinitarian, ubiquitarian, Unitarian, utilitarian, vegetarian, veterinarian, vulgarian Definition of valetudinarian in US English: valetudinarian nounˌvaləˌt(y)o͞odnˈerēənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən 1A person who is unduly anxious about their health. 为健康过分担忧的人 Example sentencesExamples The wonder is that valetudinarians have not more frequently availed themselves of the advantages it offers, instead of having recourse to watering-places. Dietetic recommendations aimed at the cultivation of mind were replaced around the middle of the century by characterisations of polite urban eaters as valetudinarians and the creation of a market for health advice and products. Emma, a clever, pretty, and self-satisfied young woman, is the daughter, and mistress of the house, of Mr Woodhouse, an amiable old valetudinarian. I replied by giving him a full, complete, and accurate history of my ailments, after the manner of valetudinarians. The English people are a nation of valetudinarians, but there is not sufficient nutriment in their food, which seems to consist mainly of chilled meat. Synonyms hypochondriac, neurotic, invalid, valetudinary 1.1 A person suffering from poor health. 体弱多病者 Example sentencesExamples Here are always to be seen a great number of valetudinarians from the West Indies, seeking for the renovation of health, exhausted by the debilitating nature of their sun, air, and modes of living. The number of valetudinarians continued to decrease and the Spa House became in time the headquarters of the roistering Rakes of Mallow. The group highly recommended with the vaccination include citizens above 60 years old, people with chronic diseases, valetudinarians, medical workers, primary school students and kindergartners. In the western part of the parish is a valley encircled with hills, celebrated for goats’ milk, which is in much request by valetudinarians, who resort hither during the summer months. A trickle of visitors soon turned to a flood and the Silesian peasant was, by the beginning of the 1840s, personally ministering to hundreds of valetudinarians a year. Synonyms sick person, case, sufferer, victim adjectiveˌvaləˌt(y)o͞odnˈerēənˌvæləˌt(j)udnˈɛriən 1Showing undue concern about one's health. 为健康过分担忧的 the valetudinarian English Example sentencesExamples In their fascinating and eloquent valetudinarian correspondence, Adams and Jefferson had a great deal to say about religion. Synonyms hypochondriac, self-obsessed, neurotic, obsessed with one's health 1.1 Suffering from poor health. 体弱多病者 Example sentencesExamples Diseases cannot be cured by mummifying the valetudinarian victim's mortal vessel in bandages. Synonyms unwell, sick, not well, not very well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaky, afflicted, indisposed, infirm, liverish Origin Early 18th century: from Latin valetudinarius ‘in ill health’ (from valetudo ‘health’, from valere ‘be well’) + -an.
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