valetudinary

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The Lady of Lochleven rose from the bedside, and darted a penetrating look at the elder valetudinary.

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir

Be pleased to acquaint us how we must behave our selves towards this valetudinary Friendship, subject to so many Heats and Colds, and you will oblige, Sir, Your humble Servant, Miranda.'

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

It is still visited by valetudinary people, especially on the 1st of May and the 1st of August.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

Could a person in this condition execute violence against another?—I, feeble and valetudinary, with no inducement to engage—no ability to accomplish—no weapon wherewith to perpetrate such a fact;—without interest, without power, without motives, without means!

From Eugene Aram — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Though valetudinary, he lived to be nearly ninety, and to welcome to Scotland his son, Colonel William Duncan, who, with the highest character for military and civil merit, had made a considerable fortune in India.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)