valetudinarianism

Other forms of valetudinarianism

plural

valetudinarianisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about valetudinarianism

What does valetudinarianism mean?

valetudinarianism means "the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)".

How many syllables are in valetudinarianism?

valetudinarianism has 8 syllables: va-le-tu-di-na-ri-a-nism. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for valetudinarianism?

Close synonyms include infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is valetudinarianism a common word?

valetudinarianism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.