valetudinarious
UK/ˌvæ.ləˌtuː.dɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/US/ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛɹi.əs/
valetudinarious adjective: sickly, infirm, valetudinarian.
Adjective
valetudinarious (comparative more valetudinarious, superlative most valetudinarious)
Forms of valetudinarious
| comparative | more valetudinarious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most valetudinarious |
Origin of valetudinarious
From Latin valētūdin- + -ary + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -ary + -ous. Adapted borrowing of Latin valētūdinārius + -ous. Doublet of valetudinary.
Words that rhyme with valetudinarious
- cibarious
- scarious
- Stradivarius
- tartareous
- vagarious
- vicarious
- Aquarius
- atrabilarious
- calcareous
- contrarious
- hilarious
- lampadarius
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- librarius
- malarious
- multifarious
- omnifarious
- precarious
- riparious
- testudinarious
- various
- acinarious
- adversarious
- anticarious
- apocrisarius
- apocrisiarius
- arbitrarious
- arenarious
- argillocalcareous
- armarius
- assarius
- atramentarious
- Belisarius
- bordarius
- burglarious
- caeremoniarius
- calcarious
- carious
- confessarius
- corneo-calcareous
- cotarius
- duplicarius
- filarious
- fimetarious
- frumentarious
- glareous
- howlarious
- lapidarious
- librarious
- multivarious
- nectareous
- nectarious
- nefarious
- nightmarious
- noncalcareous
- noncarious
- nongregarious
- nonmalarious
- nonvicarious
- octarius
- octofarious
Questions about valetudinarious
- What does valetudinarious mean?
- Valetudinarious means sickly, infirm, valetudinarian.
- What part of speech is valetudinarious?
- Valetudinarious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce valetudinarious?
- Valetudinarious is pronounced /ˌvæ.ləˌtuː.dɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).
Words near valetudinarious in the dictionary
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