sa·lu·bri·ous
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| favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air. |
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sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverb
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salubrious
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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. |
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salubrious
1547, from L. salubris "promoting health, healthful," from salus (gen. salutis) "welfare, health" (see salute).
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| 1. | promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you" [syn: healthy] |
| 2. | favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs" |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
salubrious
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