Meanings
adjectivevaletudinarious (comparative more valetudinarious, superlative most valetudinarious)
comparative more valetudinarious · superlative most valetudinarious
Origin
- Latinvalētūdō
- Latinvalētūdin-
- Englishvaletudinarious
From Latin valētūdin- + -ary + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -ary + -ous. Adapted borrowing of Latin valētūdinārius + -ous. Doublet of valetudinary.
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Rhymes with valetudinarious
varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariusscopariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassarius
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APA
valetudinarious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valetudinarious
MLA
“valetudinarious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valetudinarious. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “valetudinarious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valetudinarious.
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