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salutiferous

UK/saljuːˈtɪfəɹəs/

salutiferous adjective: conducive to good health; healthy.

Adjective

salutiferous (comparative more salutiferous, superlative most salutiferous)

  1. (archaic) Conducive to good health; healthy.
    • innumerable auxiliatory powers, all of them salutiferous1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...
    • [W]hen warm water is impregnated with salutiferous substances, it may produce great effects as a bath.1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 421
  2. Conducive to safety or salvation.

salutiferous meaning in Tamil

salutiferous in Tamil

உடல்நலம் மேம்படுத்துகிற

Forms of salutiferous

comparativemore salutiferous
superlativemost salutiferous

Origin of salutiferous

From Latin salūtifer (“healthy, health-giving”) + -ous.

Words formed from salutiferous

Words that rhyme with salutiferous

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Questions about salutiferous

What does salutiferous mean?
Salutiferous means conducive to good health; healthy.
What is salutiferous in Tamil?
Salutiferous in Tamil is உடல்நலம் மேம்படுத்துகிற. See Salutiferous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is salutiferous?
Salutiferous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce salutiferous?
Salutiferous is pronounced /saljuːˈtɪfəɹəs/ (UK).

Words near salutiferous in the dictionary

  1. saluter
  2. saluters
  3. salutes
  4. salutest
  5. saluteth
  6. salutiferous
  7. salutiferously
  8. saluting
  9. salutings
  10. salutogenesis
  11. salutogenetic

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