nutritious

[ noo-trish-uhs, 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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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)

OTHER WORDS FROM nutritious

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

Words nearby nutritious

Nutrilite, nutriment, nutrition, nutritional yeast, nutritionist, nutritious, nutritive, nuts, nuts and bolts, nut sedge, nutshell

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How to use nutritious in a sentence

For instance, inhabiting a larger tunnel system may mean more access to the nutritious tubers the mole-rats find and feed upon underground.
Naked mole-rats invade neighboring colonies and steal babies|Jake Buehler|October 20, 2020|Science News
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.
Would you like “milk” with that Impossible burger?|James Temple|October 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
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.
Would you like “milk” with that Impossible burger?|James Temple|October 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
A wide variety of nutritious, healthy seaweed types are available.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean|By Bob McNally/Field & Stream|October 19, 2020|Popular-Science

They’re nutritious, and in my hippie-adjacent family home, they were allowed a place on the shelf beside the muesli and nutritional yeast.
Sunflower Seeds Are the Best Snack for the Anxious Mind|Emma Alpern|September 17, 2020|Eater
Meat, especially outside the park, is a nutritious but deadly alternative to pine nuts.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More than 15 million Americans eat unhealthy food because nutritious meals are too expensive.
Free Market Failure: Raising a Kid Is a Rigged Game in the USA|Monica Potts|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Truer words were never spoken (except for maybe the whole "nutritious" thing).
An Investigation Into the Delicious Origins of Ice Cream|Andrew Romano|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food," he declared on July 9, 1984.
An Investigation Into the Delicious Origins of Ice Cream|Andrew Romano|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Well, no, actually you are feeding your kids properly by giving them healthy, nutritious food, and emotional sustenance, too.
It’s Not Just the Vaccines. Jenny McCarthy’s New Book Offers More ‘Lessons’|Tim Teeman|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No food can be substituted for the well-filled udder of the parent, which is so safe, healthful, and nutritious.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
The progeny were pushed with a full supply of nutritious food, and systematically brought to early maturity.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
They are oleaginous, and nutritious; and are used as a substitute for almonds.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
As an article of food, asparagus, in moderation, is both wholesome and nutritious.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
The quinoa seeds, when boiled, are both pleasant and nutritious, but especially so when boiled in milk.
Popular Adventure Tales|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for nutritious

nutritious

/ (njuːˈtrɪʃəs) /

adjective

nourishing, sometimes to a high degree

Derived forms of nutritious

nutritiously, adverbnutritiousness, noun

Word Origin for nutritious

C17: from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrix a nurse

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