salutiferous

American  

[sal-yuh-tif-er-uhs] / ˌsæl yəˈtɪf ər əs /

adjective

1. salutary.

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Etymology

Origin of salutiferous

1530–40; < Latin salūtifer health-bearing ( see salute, -i-, -fer) + -ous

Example Sentences

Lake Erie lies too far south, and is bordered by too many swamps to be included in the salutiferous group.'

From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by Strickland, W. P. (William Peter)

Let the spirit and the pure and salutiferous substance of my work on the 'Genealogies'—excuse the apparent vanity—once reach the sphere of the Government and there will no longer be wars.

From Dona Perfecta by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)

This was grateful to us all, especially to those whose learning had taught them the salutiferous effects of a free circulation of the vital air.

From A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. by Waterhouse, Benjamin

Brighella added that Morgana, informed of the festivities designed for the Prince's recovery, meant to appear and neutralise the action of his salutiferous laughter by a curse which should quickly send him to the tomb.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

Related Words

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