alimentous

Adjective

alimentous (comparative more alimentous, superlative most alimentous)

1. (obsolete) Nourishing; nutritional.
   • The former may ground their Opinion upon what I have said of the Cacao Nut; whose virtues and nature being known, we cannot ignore the nature and effects of the plain simple Chocolata, such as alone hat the commendation of the Indian Experience for so many years: it being made up of nothing but...1662, Henry Stubbe, The Indian Nectar, Or a Discourse Concerning Chocolata, pages 77- 78
   • There are also occult qualities belonging to the alimentous, which are introduced into the aliment by the common workhouses, and by the parts to be nourished (although no man hath yet found them out), and therefore they may on that account also be called alimentous.1860, Michael George Duignan, Positive Facts, Without a Shadow of Doubt, page 339