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Monday February 22, 2010

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salubrious [suh-LOO-bree-us]

adjective

1. Favorable to health; promoting health or well-being.

• I think this effort has had a salubrious effect on the U.S. economy, and that we will psychologically benefit just like the post-war boom when we defeated Germany and Japan after World War II.
  John Freivalds, "Liquidation Sales Benefits All But the Taxpayer", Roanoke Times & World News, Apr 12, 2009
• The air was clear, sharp and refreshing. The early afternoon sun was warming and salubrious. My body and mind were energized and the throbbing ache of my head had lifted.
  Richard Burke, "'An impossible, mad place'; Ireland's improbable island outpost is sobering -- and spiritual", The Ottawa Citizen, Mar 14, 2009
• Each of these exhaled its own salubrious springlike perfume, and a light cloud of pollen, which covered the eyelashes and hair of the young girl with a delicate white powder.
  Andre Theuriet (1833 - 1907) A French poet and novelist. A Woodland Queen v2 (1890)

Origin of the Word

Salubrious, approximately 1547, derives from Latin salubris "promoting health, healthful."