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salubrious

[suh-loo-bree-uh s]

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adjective

favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.

Origin of salubrious

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

Related formssa·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, adverbnon·sa·lu·bri·ous·ness, nounun·sa·lu·bri·ous, adjectiveun·sa·lu·bri·ous·ly, adverbun·sa·lu·bri·ous·ness, noun

Can be confusedsalubrious salutary (see synonym study at salutary)

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Related Words for salubrious

beneficial, good, healthful, healthy, hygienic, invigorating, salutary, sanitary, wholesome

Examples from the Web for salubrious

Contemporary Examples of salubrious

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

Historical Examples of salubrious

So, admitting Mudfog to be damp, we distinctly state that it is salubrious.
The Mudfog and Other Sketches
Charles Dickens
Brighton is entertaining, salubrious, fashionable, what you will.
Highways & Byways in Sussex
E.V. Lucas
The climate was declared to be unequalled, salubrious, equable, pleasant and bracing.
Greener Than You Think
Ward Moore
These districts were found to be salubrious and free from ticks and mosquitoes.
In Africa
John T. McCutcheon
They have great faith in the salubrious virtue of certain perfumes.
The Coming Race
Edward Bulwer Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for salubrious

salubrious

adjective

conducive or favourable to health; wholesome

Derived Formssalubriously, adverbsalubriousness or salubrity (səˈluːbrɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for salubrious

C16: from Latin salūbris, from salūs health

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Word Origin and History for salubrious

adj.

1540s, from Latin salubris "promoting health, healthful," from salus (genitive salutis) "welfare, health" (see salute (v.)). Related: Salubriously; salubriousness.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

salubrious in Medicine

salubrious

[sə-lōō′brē-əs]

adj.

Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.

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