valetudinarian

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Declared white-haired Valetudinarian Evers gratefully: "That leaves me with no more worries."

From Time Magazine Archive

Valetudinarian, val-ē-tū-di-nā′ri-an, adj. pertaining to ill-health: sickly: weak—also Valetū′dinary.—n. a person of weak health.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

I love my love with a V because he is a Valetudinarian; I took him to Valetta or Valais, gave him his Vails and tenderly addressed him with one word, Vale.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

X. 5, "The Valetudinarian," by Dr. Marriott; "L'Allegro," very close.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Valetudinarian though he was, Horace maintains, in his later as in his early writings, a uniform cheerfulness.

From Horace by Martin, Theodore