| valet | 1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant. 2. A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. Valet de chambre [F], a body servant, or personal attendant. Origin: F. Valet, OF. Vallet, varlet, vaslet. See Varlet, and Vassal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| valethamate bromide | 2-Diethylaminoethyl 3-methyl-2-phenylvalerate methylbromide;an anticholinergic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valetudinarian | Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm. "My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach." (Coleridge) "The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue." (Macaulay) Origin: L. Valetudinarius, from valetudo state of health, health, ill health, fr. Valere to be strong or well: cf. F. Valetudinaire. See Valiant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valetudinarianism | A weak or infirm state due to invalidism. (05 Mar 2000) |