salubrious
adjUK /səˈl(j)uː.bɹi.əs/ · US /səˈlu.bɹi.əs/
Etymology From Latin salūbris (“healthy”) + -ous.
1
Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially relating to food or air.
- 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[…]2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse →ISBN, page 133
- Derived terms
- unsalubrious
- Related terms
- insalubrious, salubriously, salubriousness, salubrity