semi-invalid

sem·i-in·va·lid
Canada, US, UK, Scotland/ˌsɛm.ɪˈ(ʔ)ɪn.və.lɪd/Canada, US, UK, Scotland, also/ˌsɛm.ɪˈ(ʔ)ɪn.vʌ.lɪd/Australia, UK/ˌsem.ɪˈ(ʔ)ɪn.və.lɪd/New Zealand/ˌsem.əˈ(ʔ)ən.və.ləd/

noun

A partially disabled or a somewhat infirm person.

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Meanings

nounsemi-invalid (plural semi-invalids)

plural semi-invalids

  1. datedoffensivesometimesA partially disabled or a somewhat infirm person.

    Mrs Walters was a semi-invalid who spent a greater part of her time in bed.

    1994, Christine Marion Fraser, Noble Beginnings, quoted in Collins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81

Origin

From semi- + invalid.

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