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nutritious

[ noo-trish-uh s, nyoo- ]
/ nuˈtrɪʃ əs, nyu- /
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adjective

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

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RELATED WORDS

balanced, beneficial, good, healthful, invigorating, nourishing, nutrient, salubrious, salutary, wholesome, nutritive, alimentative, nutrimental, strengthening

Nearby words

nutrimental, nutrition, nutritional, nutritionist, nutritionist's calorie, nutritious, nutritiously, nutritive, nutritive equilibrium, nutritively, nutriture

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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British Dictionary definitions for nutritious

nutritious

/ (njuːˈtrɪʃəs) /

adjective

nourishing, sometimes to a high degree
Derived Formsnutritiously, adverbnutritiousness, noun

Word Origin for nutritious

C17: from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrix a nurse
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

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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for nutritious

nutritious

[ nōō-trĭsh′əs ]

adj.

Providing nourishment; nourishing.
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