poor stargazer ([info]educate_sedate) wrote in [info]1word1day,
@ 2008-05-10 10:06:00
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Entry tags:adjective, latin, literature, s

salubrious
salubrious suh-loo-bree-uhs
--adjective

favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.

Favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs"

This story collection takes its title from a quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne about the salubrious effects of sending "roots into unaccustomed earth" rather than replanting succeeding generations "in the same worn-out soil."

[Origin: 1540–50; < L salūbr(is) promoting health (akin to salūs health) + -ious]



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[info]rainbow_yarn
2008-05-10 09:36 pm UTC (link)
This word is fun to say! I'm going to try to use it today. =DDDD

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[info]distantillusion
2008-05-11 01:58 am UTC (link)
I love this word!

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