nutritious

[noo-trish-uh s, nyoo-]

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adjective

providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful: a good, nutritious meal.

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Origin of nutritious

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

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nu·tri·tious·ly, adverbnu·tri·tious·ness, nounnon·nu·tri·tious, adjectivenon·nu·tri·tious·ly, adverb

non·nu·tri·tious·ness, nounsub·nu·tri·tious, adjectivesub·nu·tri·tious·ly, adverbsub·nu·tri·tious·ness, nounun·nu·tri·tious, adjectiveun·nu·tri·tious·ly, adverb

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Meat, especially outside the park, is a nutritious but deadly alternative to pine nuts.
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More than 15 million Americans eat unhealthy food because nutritious meals are too expensive.
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Truer words were never spoken (except for maybe the whole "nutritious" thing).
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"Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food," he declared on July 9, 1984.
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Well, no, actually you are feeding your kids properly by giving them healthy, nutritious food, and emotional sustenance, too.
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This perennial grass has a great reputation in countries lying between the tropics as a nutritious fodder, easy of cultivation.
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Eggs form one of the most nutritious and easily digested articles of diet.
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The nutritious quality of the liquid, which surrounds the fetus, appears from the following considerations.
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The diet should consist of beef tea, nutritious broth, milk, and eggs.
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If this fish be not delicate, it is at least nutritious, and as it contains much oil, it furnishes light as well as food.
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British Dictionary definitions for nutritious

nutritious

adjective

nourishing, sometimes to a high degree

Derived Formsnutritiously, adverbnutritiousness, noun

Word Origin for nutritious

C17: from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrix a nurse

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Word Origin and History for nutritious

nutritious

adj.

1660s, from Latin nutricius "that which nourishes, nurses," from nutrix (genitive nutricis) "a nurse," from nutrire (see nourish). Related: Nutritiously.

Medicine definitions for nutritious

nutritious

[nōō-trĭsh′əs]

adj.

Providing nourishment; nourishing.

nutritious

adjective

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