Meanings
adjectivesalutiferous (comparative more salutiferous, superlative most salutiferous)
comparative more salutiferous · superlative most salutiferous
- archaicConducive to good health; healthy.
innumerable auxiliatory powers, all of them salutiferous
1678, 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: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC1 more example
[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
Origin
- Latinsalūtifer“healthy, health-giving”
- Englishsalutiferous
From Latin salūtifer (“healthy, health-giving”) + -ous.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch heilzaam
- heilzaamhealthy or health-giving
German heilbringend
- heilbringendhealthy or health-giving
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with salutiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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Chicago
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