salubrious

  • 11salubrious — adjective formal a place that is salubrious is pleasant and healthy to be in: They ve moved to a more salubrious part of town …

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  • 12salubrious — adjective 1) I found the climate salubrious Syn: healthy, health giving, healthful, beneficial, wholesome; archaic salutary See note at sanitary Ant: unhealthy 2) a salubrious Sunday afternoon …

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  • 13salubrious — adjective Etymology: Latin salubris; akin to salvus safe, healthy more at safe Date: 1547 favorable to or promoting health or well being < salubrious habits > Synonyms: see healthful • salubriously adverb • salubriousness noun • salubrity …

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  • 14salubrious — salubriously, adv. salubriousess, salubrity /seuh looh bri tee/, n. /seuh looh bree euhs/, adj. favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air. [1540 50; < L salubr(is) promoting health (akin to salus health) + IOUS] * * * …

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  • 15salubrious — Healthful, usually in reference to climate. [L. salubris, healthy, fr. salus, health] * * * sa·lu·bri·ous sə lü brē əs adj favorable to or promoting health or well being &LT;a salubrious climate&GT; sa·lu·bri·ous·ness n sa·lu·bri·ty brət ē n, pl&#8230; …

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  • 16salubrious — sa|lu|bri|ous [ sə lubriəs ] adjective FORMAL a salubrious place is one that is pleasant and comfortable to live in …

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  • 17salubrious — UK [səˈluːbrɪəs] / US [səˈlubrɪəs] adjective formal a salubrious place is one that is pleasant and comfortable to live in …

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  • 18salubrious — /səˈlubriəs / (say suh loohbreeuhs) adjective 1. (especially of air, climate, etc.) favourable to health; promoting health. 2. (of a locality) attractive and prosperous: they live in one of the more salubrious suburbs. {salubri(ty) (from Latin&#8230; …

  • 19salubrious —   a. health giving; respectable, wholesome.    ♦ salubrify, v.t. make salubrious.    ♦ salubrity, n …

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  • 20salubrious — adjective /səˈluː.bɹiː.əs/ Promoting health or well being; wholesome. Especially related to air. Ant: insalubrious See Also: salubriously, salubriousness …

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