nutritious
adjective
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Pronunciation: /njuːˈtɹɪʃəs/ / /nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/
adj
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.
- Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.
- Salutary.
“A cumbrous, circuitous, and often a sophisticative mode of commenting upon the Prophets, and of darkening their meaning, had taken the place of what might have been a nutritious popular instruction.”