sickly person (noun)

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• invalid — I. /ˈɪnvəlɪd / (say invuhlid) noun 1. an infirm or sickly person. 2. a member of the armed forces disabled for active service. –adjective 3. deficient in health; weak; sick: his invalid sister. 4. of or for invalids: invalid diets. –verb (t) 5.… …  

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• val|e|tu|di|nar|i|an — «VAL uh TOO duh NAIR ee uhn, TYOO », noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person in weak health; chronic invalid: »Having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years (Jane Austen). 2. a …   Useful english dictionary

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• valetudinarian — I. noun Etymology: Latin valetudinarius sickly, infirm, from valetudin , valetudo state of health, sickness, from valēre to be strong, be well more at wield Date: 1703 a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially one whose chief concern… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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