valetudinary
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His Majesty began to become valetudinary; and the hypochondria which tormented him rendered his humor very melancholy.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Thomas Carlyle
An adagio may set a gouty father to sleep, and a capriccio may operate successfully on the nerves of a valetudinary mother.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence
It is worthy of remark, that the Austrian medical officers send the valetudinary among the soldiers to these baths from a very great distance.
From Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig
It renders the habit of society dangerously valetudinary; it is taking periodical doses of mercury sublimate, and swallowing down repeated provocatives of cantharides to our love of liberty.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
She had the misfortune of a very valetudinary constitution, owing, in some measure, probably to the irregularity of her form.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Theophilus Cibber
