Vest-Pocket Vocabulary
Valetudina’rian, a. sickly; weak.
Word in the Wild: Jeffery called in “sick” again. I know I should be more charitable, but it’s just hard to believe that he’s that valetudinarian.
Valetudinarian comes from the Latin valetudinarius, meaning infirm.
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This word is wonderful because (at least for me) it conjures a respectable old professor with a wreath of laurels, a worn-in vest, and a gleam of wisdom in his eyes. (I’m probably influenced by “valedictorian”). Then the definition throws everything off.