Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Salubrious"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Salubrious \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

salubrious
adj 1: 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" [syn: {healthy}, {good for you(p)}]
2: favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most
salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs"


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