nutritious

[noo-trish-uh s, nyoo-]

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adjective

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

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)

Related formsnu·tri·tious·ly, adverbnu·tri·tious·ness, nounnon·nu·tri·tious, adjectivenon·nu·tri·tious·ly, adverbnon·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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Contemporary Examples

Meat, especially outside the park, is a nutritious but deadly alternative to pine nuts.
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Doug Peacock
November 23, 2014
More than 15 million Americans eat unhealthy food because nutritious meals are too expensive.
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Monica Potts
August 25, 2014
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
"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
Well, no, actually you are feeding your kids properly by giving them healthy, nutritious food, and emotional sustenance, too.
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April 28, 2014

Historical Examples

The last article should seldom be omitted in any soup, it being so very cheap and pleasant, as well as wholesome and nutritious.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
If some of the gelatinous parts of meat be added, the broth is then of a rich and nutritious quality, and can be made very cheap.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
The milk is nutritious, and of a character between that of the goat and cow.
Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers
Various
They are universally esteemed as a wholesome and nutritious diet.
Old Mackinaw
W. P. Strickland.
The food should be appetizing, nutritious, and of a laxative nature.
The Mother and Her Child
William S. Sadler

British Dictionary definitions for nutritious

nutritious

adjective

nourishing, sometimes to a high degree

Derived Formsnutritiously, adverbnutritiousness, noun

Word Origin

C17: from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrix a nurse

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Word Origin and History for nutritious

adj.

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

nutritious in Medicine

nutritious

(nōō-trĭsh′əs)

adj.

Providing nourishment; nourishing.

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Examples from the Web for nutritious

Contemporary Examples

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.

Historical Examples

The last article should seldom be omitted in any soup, it being so very cheap and pleasant, as well as wholesome and nutritious.

If some of the gelatinous parts of meat be added, the broth is then of a rich and nutritious quality, and can be made very cheap.

The milk is nutritious, and of a character between that of the goat and cow.

They are universally esteemed as a wholesome and nutritious diet.

The food should be appetizing, nutritious, and of a laxative nature.

nutritious

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for nutritious

adj.

nutritious

Origin of nutritious