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标 题: [转载] A.Word.A.Day--valetudinarian
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【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
valetudinarian (val-i-tood-NAR-ee-unn, -tyood-) noun
A sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly
concerned with his or her health.
adjective
1. Chronically ailing; sickly.
2. Constantly and morbidly concerned with one's health.
[From Latin valetudinarius, from valetudo, valetudin-, state of health,
from valere, to be strong or well.]
"But it wasn't over yet, and now this valetudinarian native son stood in
Monkey Park beside the locks shadowed with the autumn green of the banked
earth and asked himself whether all this was a justified expense of his
limited energy."
Bellow, Saul, By the St. Lawrence, Esquire, Jul 1, 1995.
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http://wordsmith.org/words/valetudinarian.ram
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