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insalubrity|ɪnsəˈl(j)uːbrɪtɪ|
[a. F. insalubrité (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), It. insalubrità (Florio), n. of quality f. insalubre; see prec. and -ity. Cf. L. salūbritās salubrity.]
1. Unhealthy character (of locality, climate, etc.); † formerly, unwholesomeness (of food).
1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 113 There may be ways..to investigate the wholesomness or insalubrity of aliments. 1685― Salub. Air Pref. 2 The Salubrity and Insalubrity of the Air. 1758Monthly Rev. 476 The insalubrity of their common diet. 1769R. Price Obs. Revers. Payments (1792) II. 378 Proofs of the Insalubrity of marshy Situations. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge (1863) 56 A climate of the most overpowering heat and fearful insalubrity. 1861Stanley East. Ch. iii. (1869) 89 The rich alluvial plain had a character for insalubrity.
†2. Unhealthiness; sickness. Obs. rare—1.
1668Ormonde MSS. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 79 Your petitioner's former insalubrity and weaknesse of body. |