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单词 valetudinarian
释义 val·e·tu·di·nar·i·an
I. \ˌvaləˌtüdənˈerēən, -lə.ˌtyü-, -ˈa(a)r-, -ˈār-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: valetudinary (I) + -an
: a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is his invalidism
 < was a valetudinarian and believed that no other physician could keep him in health — Bertrand Russell >
II. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a valetudinarian : sickly, weak, infirm
 < become slight-limbed, puny, and valetudinarian — William Cowper >
 < the virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue — T.B.Macaulay >
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