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nutritious, a.|njuːˈtrɪʃəs| Also 8–9 nutricious (rare), 8 -ceous. [ad. L. nūtrītius, nūtrīcius, f. nūtrīc-, nūtrīx nurse: see -itious1. So It., Sp., and Pg. nutricio.] 1. Serving as nourishment; capable of supplying nutriment.
1665Phil. Trans. I. 75 Whether there be a Nervous and Nutritious Juice? 1679M. Rusden Further Discov. Bees 51 They gather nutritious or augmentative matter. 1708J. Philips Cyder ii. 192 O, may'st thou often see Thy furrows whiten'd by the woolly rain Nutriceous. 1781Cowper Retirem. 43 Draining its nutritious pow'rs to feed Their noxious growth. 1819Byron Juan ii. xcix, Which..to their mind Proved even still a more nutritious matter. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 58 As dates are very nutritious,..they are an excellent article of provision for travellers. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. i. ii. 60 Salt meat is one-third less nutritious than fresh. b. transf. Of taste.
1862Darwin Orchids v. 220 This cavity does not secrete nectar, but its walls are thick and fleshy, and have a slightly sweet nutritious taste. 2. Conveying nourishment. rare.
1741Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 130 The Holes for the Passage of the nutritious Vessels of these Bones are very conspicuous. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 688 One of them..enters the nutritious canal of that bone. Hence nuˈtritiously adv.; nuˈtritiousness, ‘nourishing quality’ (Bailey, vol. II, 1727).
1753Torriano Midwifery 12 As if it was designed nutritiously by Nature to assist the Child. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 406 How generous must be the vegetation of the affections when nutritiously manured by..hospitality! 1877Encycl. Brit. VII. 201 The nutritiousness of food depends on digestibility and concentration. |