valetudinary

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The indulgence and accommodation which his sickness required, had taught him all the unpleasing and unsocial qualities of a valetudinary man.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

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

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

His Majesty began to become valetudinary; and the hypochondria which tormented him rendered his humor very melancholy.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Carlyle, Thomas

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