valetudinarianism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of valetudinarianism
First recorded in 1830–40; valetudinarian + -ism
Example Sentences
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He scorned the sickliness of the Rousseau school as, in spite of his constitutional melancholy, he scorned valetudinarianism whether of the bodily or the spiritual order.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Sir Leslie Stephen
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
It is some consolation to know that he did not suffer much, and that perhaps, had he recovered from the illness, his health would have been so affected that great valetudinarianism would have been inevitable.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by John Knox Laughton
He was a little disposed towards valetudinarianism, and was apt to imagine himself visited by divers diseases.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh
"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
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