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Meaning of SALUBRIOUS

Pronunciation:  su'loobreeus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you"
  2. [adj]  favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs"
 
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 Synonyms: good for you(p), healthy, wholesome
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sa*lu"bri*ous\, a. [L. salubris, or saluber, fr.
salus health; akin to salvus safe, sound, well. See {Safe}.]
Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as,
salubrious air, water, or climate.
Syn: Healthful; wholesome; healthy; salutary. --
     {Sa-lu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*lu"bri*ous*ness}, n.
 

 

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