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invalid1

Syllabification: (in·va·lid)
Pronunciation: /ˈinvəlid/

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Definition of invalid

noun

  • a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury: [as modifier]:an invalid husband

verb (invalids, invaliding, invalided)

[with object]
  • remove (someone) from active service in the armed forces because of injury or illness:he was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry
  • disable (someone) by injury or illness.

Derivatives

invalidism

Pronunciation: /-ˌizəm/

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century (as an adjective in the sense 'infirm or disabled'): a special sense of invalid2, with a change of pronunciation

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