Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Valetudinarian \Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an\, a. [L. valetudinarius,
from valetudo state of health, health, ill health, fr. valere
to be strong or well: cf. F. val['e]tudinaire. See
{Valiant}.]
Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly;
infirm.
My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach.
--Coleridge.
The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue,
not a valetudinarian virtue. --Macaulay.
Valetudinarian \Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an\, n.
A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking
to recover health.
Valetudinarians must live where they can command and
scold. --Swift.
Source : WordNet®
valetudinarian
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a
valetudinarian
n : weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with
his or her health