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salubrious - 6 dictionary results

sa⋅lu⋅bri⋅ous

[suh-loo-bree-uhs]
–adjective
favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.

Origin:
1540–50; < L salūbr(is) promoting health (akin to salūs health) + -ious


sa⋅lu⋅bri⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
sa⋅lu⋅bri⋅ous⋅ess, sa⋅lu⋅bri⋅ty [suh-loo-bri-tee] , noun
sa·lu·bri·ous   (sə-lōō'brē-əs)   
adj.  Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.

[From Latin salūbris, from salūs, health; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]
sa·lu'bri·ous·ly adv., sa·lu'bri·ous·ness, sa·lu'bri·ty (-brĭ-tē) n.

Salubrious

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.

Syn: Healthful; wholesome; healthy; salutary. -- Sa-lu"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Sa*lu"bri*ous*ness, n.

salubrious 
1547, from L. salubris "promoting health, healthful," from salus (gen. salutis) "welfare, health" (see salute).

Main Entry: sa·lu·bri·ous
Pronunciation: s&-'lü-brE-&s
Function: adjective
: favorable to or promoting health or well-beingsalubrious climate> —sa·lu·bri·ous·ness nounsa·lu·bri·ty /-br&t-E/ noun plural -ties

salubrious sa·lu·bri·ous (sə-l&oomacr;'brē-əs)
adj.
Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.

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