valetudinous

From valetude +‎ -in- +‎ -ous.

• IPA^(key): /ˌvælɪˈt(j)uːdɪnəs/

valetudinous (comparative more valetudinous, superlative most valetudinous)

1. (obsolete) valetudinarian; ill, sick
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC:

     the valetudinous condition of King Edward

   • 1906, California State Journal of Medicine, volume 4, page 169:

     Symptoms pointing to mild hepatic and gastrointestinal derangement have thus recurred for several years. The family declined an operation until finally the youth, becoming weary of his valetudinous condition, took the matter into his own hands and went to the hospital.

• “valetudinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.