nutriment

[ noo-truh-muhnt, nyoo- ]

noun

1. any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
2. anything that nourishes; nourishment; food.

nutriment

/ ˌnjuːtrɪˈmɛntəl; ˈnjuːtrɪmənt /

noun

1. any material providing nourishment

Derived Forms

• nutrimental, adjective

Other Words From

• nu·tri·men·tal [noo-tr, uh, -, men, -tl, nyoo-], adjective
• non·nutri·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nutriment¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin nūtrīmentum nourishment, equivalent to nūtrī ( re ) to nourish, feed + -mentum -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of nutriment¹

C16: from Latin nūtrīmentum, from nūtrīre to nourish

Example Sentences

This feature is highly beneficial for anyone with a home garden or other plantings requiring nutriments.

From Popular-Science

She habitually ate chocolates for their sustaining quality; they contained much nutriment in small compass, she said.

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Barley was not much used, for it was thought to lack nutriment, and therefore to be unfit for laborers.

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The Normal Schools are sustained by the common schools; and these latter, in return, draw their best nutriment from the former.

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It is apparent therefore, that whatever nutriment or energy Sanatogen supplies must be dependent on its main constituent casein.

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It is very good food; one acre gives as much nutriment as six acres of wheat.

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