un nourishing

nour·ish·ing

[nur-i-shing, nuhr-]
adjective
promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength: a nourishing diet.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (gerund); see nourish, -ing2

nour·ish·ing·ly, adverb
non·nour·ish·ing, adjective
o·ver·nour·ish·ing·ly, adverb
self-nour·ish·ing, adjective
un·nour·ish·ing, adjective
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nourish (ˈnʌrɪʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to provide with the materials necessary for life and growth
2.  to support or encourage (an idea, feeling, etc); foster: to nourish resentment
 
[C14: from Old French norir, from Latin nūtrīre to feed, care for]
 
'nourisher
 
n
 
'nourishing
 
adj
 
'nourishingly
 
adv

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Un nourishing is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

nourish
late 13c., "to bring up, nurture" (a child, a feeling, etc.), from O.Fr. norriss-, stem of norrir (Fr. nourir), from L. nutrire "to feed, nurse, foster, support, preserve," from *nutri (older form of nutrix "nurse"), lit. "she who gives suck," from PIE base *(s)nu- "flow, let flow," hence "to suckle"
(cf. Skt. snauti "she drips, gives milk," Gk. nao "I flow").
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nourish nour·ish (nûr'ĭsh, nŭr'-)
v. nour·ished, nour·ish·ing, nour·ish·es
To provide with food or other substances necessary for sustaining life and growth.

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