salubrious
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin salūbris (“healthy”) + -ous.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /səˈl(j)uː.bɹi.əs/[1]
- (US) enPR: sə-lo͞o'brē-əs, IPA(key): /səˈlu.bɹi.əs/
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Adjective edit
salubrious (comparative more salubrious, superlative most salubrious)
- Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially relating to food or air.
- Synonyms: healful, healthful, healthy, salutary
- Antonyms: insalubrious, insalutary
Quotations edit
- (2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse →ISBN, page 133)Ireland has a mild, genial and salubrious climate, I remember from my geography lessons. Salubrious, my foot! Unless you take salubrious to mean a regular downpour the whole year round, with, in between, a penetrating dampness that'd ...
Related terms edit
Translations edit
promoting health
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References edit
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003