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valetudinarians

valetudinarians is the plural of valetudinarian.

Meaning of valetudinarian

Noun

valetudinarian (plural valetudinarians)

  1. A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health
    • The most uninformed mind, with a healthy body, is happier than the wisest valetudinarian.1787, Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, July 6, 1787 in The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Paul Leicester Ford (ed.), Vol. 5, pp. 300-01 (NY: 1904)

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Questions about valetudinarians

What is valetudinarians the plural of?
Valetudinarians is the plural of valetudinarian.

Words near valetudinarians in the dictionary

  1. Valetta
  2. valetude
  3. valetudinaria
  4. valetudinarian
  5. valetudinarianism
  6. valetudinarians
  7. valetudinaries
  8. valetudinariness
  9. valetudinarious
  10. valetudinarium
  11. valetudinary

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