semi-invalid

noun

semi-invalid

noun

CA, US, UK, SC /ˌsɛm.ɪˈ(ʔ)ɪn.və.lɪd/ · AU, UK /ˌsem.ɪˈ(ʔ)ɪn.və.lɪd/

Etymology From semi- + invalid.

1

Dated, Offensive, Sometimes A partially disabled or a somewhat infirm person.

Mrs Walters was a semi-invalid who spent a greater part of her time in bed.1994, Christine Marion Fraser, Noble Beginnings, quoted in Collins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81:

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