valetudinarianism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of valetudinarianism
First recorded in 1830–40; valetudinarian + -ism
Example Sentences
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They should savor not of valetudinarianism, but of athletic development.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher
Well, I ought to be glad, after ten years of the worst training on earth - valetudinarianism - that I can still be troubled by a duty.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson
So, too, the valetudinarianism of Mr. Wood-house, like that of Smollett's Bramble, is something strained; so is Lady de Bourgh's pride and General Tilney's tyranny.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton
"That affectation of valetudinarianism is growing on Mrs. Winstanley," Mrs. Scobel said one day to her husband.
From Vixen, Volume III. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
He was tormented by presentiments of misfortune; he indulged a kind of romantic valetudinarianism.
From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Edmund Gosse
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