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valetudinarian
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valetudinarian, valetudinary
1. a person who is or believes himself to be chronically sick; invalid
2. a person excessively worried about the state of his health; hypochondriac


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Like all Leftist intellectuals Hobsbawm is very unfair to the USA; he speaks of 'the built-in valetudinarianism of North American culture'.
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 by Rowse, A.L. / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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