Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VAL-E-TU-DI-NA'RI-AN, or VAL-E-TU'DI-NA-RY
VAL-E-TU-DI-NA'RI-AN, or VALE-TU'DI-NA-RYVAL-E-TU-DI-NA'RI-AN-ISM
VAL-E-TU-DI-NA'RI-AN, or VAL-E-TU'DI-NA-RY, n.
A person of a weak, infirm or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health. Valetudinarians must live where they can command and scold . – Swift.
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