salubrious
Americanadjective
adjective
Related Words
See healthy.
Other Word Forms
- nonsalubrious adjective
- nonsalubriously adverb
- nonsalubriousness noun
- salubriousess noun
- salubriously adverb
- salubriousness noun
- salubrity noun
- unsalubrious adjective
- unsalubriously adverb
- unsalubriousness noun
Etymology
Origin of salubrious
1540–50; from Latin salūbr(is) “promoting health” (akin to salūs “health”) + -ious
Example Sentences
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When the team arrived at their hotel in Garden City, a salubrious Long Island village 12 miles to the west of Bethpage, things were not quite up to scratch.
From BBC
“I like the word salubrious, like something that gives life, you know what I mean?”
From Los Angeles Times
“You get a very scientific penitentiary in a very cold region that they believe to be salubrious.”
From Los Angeles Times
If it weren’t for the war, a more salubrious place to do science would be hard to imagine.
From Science Magazine
Yet the study also found that during that period the shuttering of coal plants in the United State, coupled with the installation of scrubbers in the smokestacks to “clean” coal exhaust, has had salubrious effects.
From New York Times
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