salubrious
English
WOTD – 16 July 2006
Pronunciation
- enPR: sə-lo͞o'brē-əs, IPA(key): /səˈluː.bɹiː.əs/
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Adjective
salubrious (comparative more salubrious, superlative most salubrious)
- Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially as related to air.
- 2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse →ISBN, page 133
- Ireland has a mild, genial and salubrious climate, I remember from my geography lessons. Salubrious, my foot! Unless you take salubrious to mean a regular downpour the whole year round, with, in between, a penetrating dampness that'd ...
- 2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse →ISBN, page 133
Synonyms
- (promoting health or well-being): healthful
Antonyms
- (promoting health or well-being): insalubrious
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Translations
promoting health
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