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nutritious

[ noo-trish-uhs, nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful:

    a good, nutritious meal.



nutritious

/ njuːˈtrɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. nourishing, sometimes to a high degree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • nuˈtritiousness, noun
  • nuˈtritiously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • nu·tritious·ly adverb
  • nu·tritious·ness noun
  • nonnu·tritious adjective
  • nonnu·tritious·ly adverb
  • nonnu·tritious·ness noun
  • subnu·tritious adjective
  • subnu·tritious·ly adverb
  • subnu·tritious·ness noun
  • unnu·tritious adjective
  • unnu·tritious·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nutritious1

1655–65; < Latin nūtrītius that suckles, nourishes, variant of nūtrīcius, equivalent to nūtrīci- (stem of nūtrīx ) nurse ( nurse ) + -us adj. suffix ( -ous )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nutritious1

C17: from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrix a nurse
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Example Sentences

For instance, inhabiting a larger tunnel system may mean more access to the nutritious tubers the mole-rats find and feed upon underground.

We will succeed or fail based on whether we build a complete technology platform that creates all the foods we get today from animals, but makes them more delicious, more nutritious, affordable, sustainable, and so forth.

We have to make something that to consumers is meat, and is more delicious, nutritious, and affordable than anything that the current technology, a cow or whatever, can produce.

A wide variety of nutritious, healthy seaweed types are available.

They’re nutritious, and in my hippie-adjacent family home, they were allowed a place on the shelf beside the muesli and nutritional yeast.

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Meat, especially outside the park, is a nutritious but deadly alternative to pine nuts.

More than 15 million Americans eat unhealthy food because nutritious meals are too expensive.

Truer words were never spoken (except for maybe the whole "nutritious" thing).

"Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food," he declared on July 9, 1984.

Well, no, actually you are feeding your kids properly by giving them healthy, nutritious food, and emotional sustenance, too.

No food can be substituted for the well-filled udder of the parent, which is so safe, healthful, and nutritious.

The progeny were pushed with a full supply of nutritious food, and systematically brought to early maturity.

They are oleaginous, and nutritious; and are used as a substitute for almonds.

As an article of food, asparagus, in moderation, is both wholesome and nutritious.

The quinoa seeds, when boiled, are both pleasant and nutritious, but especially so when boiled in milk.

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