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

Derived Forms

• nuˈtritiously, adverb
• nuˈtritiousness, noun

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

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of nutritious¹

C17: from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrix a nurse

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.

From 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.

From 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.

From MIT Technology Review

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

From 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.

From Eater

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg