valetudinarian
Synonyymisanakirja
valetudinarian
sairas henkilö, sairas ihminen, kärsijä, sairaalloinen henkilö.
Rimmaavat sanat
valetudinarian rimmaa näiden kanssa:
liian, ainian, pian, morsian...
Englannin sanakirja
valetudinarian (englanti > suomi)
valetudinarian englanniksi
The valetudinarian habit of discussing his health had grown on Rose... -- Florence Anne Sellar MacCunn, Sir Walter Scott's Friends, 1910, p. 234
Macaulay
being overly worried about one's health
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. -- Thomas Jefferson, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (1904), p. 168.
1950, (w), (w)
She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions, but she was in fact an utterly self-centered valetudinarian (Louis Auchincloss) The American Heritage Dictionary
The cuisine, of course, would not be such as would raise water bubbles in the mouth of a valetudinarian; the carniverous propensity will mostly be gratified by steak which, when cut, will resemble the Mudhook Yacht Club burgee of rouge et noir; and savory soups and luscious salmon will be luxuries only obtainable in "cannister" form. -- Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (4th Ed.), 1884.