salubrious

[ suh-loo-bree-uhs ]

/ səˈlu bri əs /

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adjective

favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.

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Origin of salubrious

1540–50; from Latin salūbr(is) “promoting health” (akin to salūs “health”) + -ious

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See healthy.

OTHER WORDS FROM salubrious

sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverbsa·lu·bri·ous·ess, sa·lu·bri·ty

[suh-loo-bri-tee], /səˈlu brɪ ti/, nounnon·sa·lu·bri·ous, adjectivenon·sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverb

non·sa·lu·bri·ous·ness, nounun·sa·lu·bri·ous, adjectiveun·sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverbun·sa·lu·bri·ous·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH salubrious

salubrious , salutary

Words nearby salubrious

salt well, saltworks, saltwort, salty, salty dog, salubrious, salud, salugi, Saluki, saluresis, saluretic

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How to use salubrious in a sentence

Therein lies the hair of the dog that proves salubrious after the Clinton binge.
Is It Over? A 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Postmortem|Matthew DeLuca|September 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I assume the salubrious desert climate wasn't the attraction.
The Irony of the Anti-Immigration Violence in Assam|Dilip D’Souza|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The months which immediately followed the arrival of the new comers were the coolest and most salubrious of the year.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The climate of Avignon, though so strangely inveighed against by Petrarch, is at once healthy and salubrious.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

At eight oclock, he calls again for the few hours of darkness, so that both day and night are tempered by his salubrious presence.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2|Ida May Hill Starr
It is situated on a high hill, bounded by a large lake of the most salubrious water, called Peutla by the natives.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
"It is levied on every one who chooses to export himself from these salubrious shores," I explained.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell

British Dictionary definitions for salubrious

salubrious

/ (səˈluːbrɪəs) /

adjective

conducive or favourable to health; wholesome

Derived forms of salubrious

salubriously, adverbsalubriousness or salubrity (səˈluːbrɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for salubrious

C16: from Latin salūbris, from salūs health

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Medical definitions for salubrious

salubrious

[ sə-lōō′brē-əs ]

adj.

Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.

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Origin of salubrious

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