valetudinarian
Sickly, infirm, of ailing health; related to ill health.
The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue.
Being overly worried about one's health.
True Madam there are Valetudinarians in Reputation as well as constitution—who being conscious of their weak Part, avoid the least breath of air, and supply their want of Stamina by care and circumspection—
Where it comes from
From Latin valētūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian.
Related words
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry valetudinarian (CC BY-SA 4.0).