salubrious

  • 1salubrious — salubrious, salutary Both words are derived from the Latin word salus meaning ‘health’. Salubrious essentially means ‘giving health’ and hence also ‘pleasant, agreeable’ • (The Prince of Wales bestowed a polite eye upon her, then turned to the… …

    Modern English usage

  • 2Salubrious — Sa*lu bri*ous, a. [L. salubris, or saluber, fr. salus health; akin to salvus safe, sound, well. See {Safe}.] Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate. [1913 Webster] Syn: Healthful; wholesome;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3salubrious — I adjective advantageous, analeptic, beneficial, corrective, corroborant, curative, favorable to health, healing, health promoting, healthful, healthy, invigorating, life giving, medicinal, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, recuperative,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 4salubrious — 1540s, from L. salubris promoting health, healthful, from salus (gen. salutis) welfare, health (see SALUTE (Cf. salute)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5salubrious — *healthful, healthy, wholesome, salutary, hygienic, sanitary Analogous words: *beneficial, advantageous: benign, *favorable …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 6salubrious — [adj] health giving beneficial, good, healthful, healthy, hygienic, invigorating, salutary, sanitary, wholesome; concepts 560,572 Ant. insalubrious, unhealthy, unwholesome …

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  • 7salubrious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) health giving; healthy. 2) (of a place) pleasant; not run down. DERIVATIVES salubriously adverb salubriousness noun salubrity noun. ORIGIN Latin salubris, from salus health …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8salubrious — [sə lo͞o′brē əs] adj. [< L salubris (< salus, health: see SAFE) + OUS] promoting health or welfare; healthful, wholesome, salutary, etc. salubriously adv. salubrity [sə lo͞o′brə tē] n. salubriousness …

    English World dictionary

  • 9salubrious — [[t]səlu͟ːbriəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A place that is salubrious is pleasant and healthy. [FORMAL] ...your salubrious lochside hotel. 2) ADJ GRADED Something that is described as salubrious is respectable or socially desirable. [FORMAL] ...London s… …

    English dictionary

  • 10salubrious — sa|lu|bri|ous [səˈlu:briəs] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: salubris, from salus; SALUTE1] a salubrious area or place is pleasant and clean, especially compared to other places often used humorously ▪ the less salubrious area near… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English