valetudinarian

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“There’s a class-based idea that anything too valetudinarian, too conspicuously hygienic, is middle-class,” he said, using a long word for being unduly anxious about one’s health.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2020

Paranoid about his health, this classic valetudinarian is really scared of dying alone and unloved.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2016

Up to now Mr. Law has supported his valetudinarian existence with calm resignation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other countries should be put on notice that Britain is nobody's poor relation and nobody's valetudinarian cousin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Valetū′dinariness, Valetūdinā′rianism, the condition of a valetudinarian: weak health; Valetudinā′rium, an ancient Roman hospital.

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