salubriousadj.
/səˈl(j)uːbrɪəs/, U.S. /səˈlubriəs/ Favourable or conducive to health.
a. Of food, medicine, etc. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > conducive to health > of food or medicine
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1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxlv I myght here shewe of many salubriouse medecines.
1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 174 The Unicorns horn..in the Apothecaries shops; where it is made salubrious and medicinal.
1709 W. King Art of Love (new ed.) viii. 1065 Give the salubrious draughts with your own hand; Persuasion has the force of a command.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 220 A species of food so very palatable and salubrious as turtle.
1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion ii. v. 297 The more slowly they [ices] are eaten the more refreshing and salubrious will they become.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. ii. 68 Fish. In the hot months all kinds are less salubrious than in cold weather.
b. Of air, climate, places, etc.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > conducive to health > of climate
benignc1386
kindly1579
salubrious1615
sobera1795
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 8 The forraine merchants here [i.e. at Zacynthus] resident..by their frequent deaths do disprove the aire to be so salubrious as is reported.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 175 In summer the air is remarkably salubrious.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iv. 164 The Roman officers seem to have had many villas along its salubrious shore.
1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 3 Foreseeing the possibility of his having four or five Masters Cavendish as boarders in his salubrious..establishment.
1875 R. Browning Inn Album i. 2 Hail, calm acclivity, salubrious spot!
c. Of an occupation. rare.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > conducive to health > of occupation
salubrious1675
1675 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 2) xii. 253 Angling; a moderate, innocent, salubrious, and delightful exercise.
d. Of physiological processes: = salutary adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective]
medicinala1384
wholesomea1387
healinga1398
medicinablea1398
restorativea1398
sanative14..
curatory?a1425
remediable1437
mildlya1475
curable1483
recurablea1500
curative1525
eradicative1543
good1580
physical1580
medicable1590
sanable1598
balsamic1605
therapeutical1606
medicinary1607
medicative1644
medical1646
therapeutic1646
salutary1649
salvative1653
boethetic1656
medicamentary1656
recuperatory1656
sanitating1656
medicamental1657
medicamentous1659
medicating1705
balmy1747
salving1751
sanatorya1832
salubrious1855
medicatory1864
recuperative1872
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > conducive to health > of physiological processes
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1855 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (new Amer. ed.) 70 The salubrious change which the fœtal blood undergoes, is accomplished in the placental mass.
e. transferred and figurative.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > wholesome
goodOE
wholeOE
wholesomec1175
whole?c1225
hailsome1372
healthfulc1384
haila1393
halea1400
salutairec1450
salutary1490
wholesome1549
salutiferec1550
salutiferous?c1550
healthy1552
healthsomea1563
salubrious1659
apple pie1960
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xcvii. 11 Paraphr.) 485 Dispensed by the divine providence for many salubrious and beneficial ends.
1737 J. Thomson To Mem. Ld. Talbot 147 In Senates, He to Freedom firm, Enlighten'd Freedom, plann'd salubrious Laws.
1780 H. Blair Serm. II. ii. 31 If that fountain [sc. the heart] be once poisoned, you can never expect that salubrious streams will flow from it.
1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. ix And dwells in day-light truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathise?
1855 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 566/2 Religions, like the sun, take their course from east to west: traversing the globe, they are not all equally temperate, equally salubrious: they dry up some lands, and inundate others.
Derivatives
saˈlubriously adv.
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the world > health and disease > [adverb] > healthily > in good health > in a manner conducive to health
wholefullya1398
healthfully1495
salutarily1531
wholesomely1546
healthsomely1579
salutiferously1678
salubriously1790
for one's health1887
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 238 Does not the sweat of the mason and carpenter..flow as pleasantly and as salubriously, in the construction and repair of the majestic edifices of religion, as in the painted booths and sordid sties of vice and luxury?
saˈlubriousness n.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > state of being conducive to
wholesomenessa1200
salubrity?a1475
halesomeness1483
healthfulness?1535
healthsomeness1548
sanity1613
sanitude1652
healthiness1670
salubriousness1677
salutariness1727
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 1 In the..salubriousness of the Air..most resembling the Country from whence it borrowed its appellation.
1888 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 1391 The salubriousness of their climate.
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Of a building, an area, etc.: pleasant, attractive, comfortable; well-maintained, prosperous. Also in extended use, of a person, etc. Frequently preceded by less, more.
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1846 Ecclesiastic 1 362 The rich employers leave the scenes of their wealth for more salubrious residences.
1878 H. James Europeans I. iv. 133 I don't know what her manner of life may have been..but she certainly never can have enjoyed a more refined and salubrious home.
1936 Times 15 Apr. 21/4 (advt.) It can be done—at no higher rental than if you choose to live in much less salubrious surroundings—and within twenty minutes by car of Piccadilly.
1985 K. Roberts Kiteworld iii. 50 But the better-looking refused him at a glance; he had to make do with their less salubrious counterparts.
1995 K. Ishiguro Unconsoled (1996) v. 55 We were now moving through a more salubrious district... There was the occasional café or restaurant, but for the most part the area was full of stately apartment buildings.
2006 Chap Autumn 17/2 This amiable rogue purports to be a private eye, and can often be found in the more salubrious of Harlem's burlesque saloons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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