valetudinary

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I was first entertained by his lady and daughter, he himself being in bed with a cold, according to his valetudinary custom.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

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 Lawrence, Robert Means

Those subject to this Malady are valetudinary weakly Persons, who are disordered from many slight Causes, and whose Stomachs are at once very feeble and extremely sensible.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

This quaint observation may have been due to some valetudinary motive, or, more probably, to some odd freak of association.

From Samuel Johnson by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

The Lady of Lochleven rose from the bedside, and darted a penetrating look at the elder valetudinary.

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir