providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful:
a good, nutritious meal.
Origin
1655-65; < Latinnūtrītius that suckles, nourishes, variant of nūtrīcius, equivalent to nūtrīci- (stem of nūtrīx) nurse (see nurse) + -us adj. suffix (see -ous)
Related forms
nutritiously, adverb
nutritiousness, noun
nonnutritious, adjective
nonnutritiously, adverb
nonnutritiousness, noun
subnutritious, adjective
subnutritiously, adverb
subnutritiousness, noun
unnutritious, adjective
unnutritiously, adverb
Examples from the web for nutritious
It is nutritious high in energy-producing carbohydrates and low in fat.
There's simply not enough fresh water, nutritious food, or arable land to go around.
Bacteria can swim and swarm, and left to their own devices on nutritious petri dishes some species will form remarkable patterns.
When a school lunch is nutritious and tasty, it's one of the best health bargains around.
Steel-cut oatmeal is a high-fiber, nutritious way to start the day.
But after she has a nutritious meal, she's much less ashamed of her condition.
Dried pasta is simple to prepare, inexpensive, and often fortified with folic acid and other nutritious ingredients.
Basically this campaign consisted of trying to exercise more and to eat a more nutritious diet.
Not only do these insects apparently taste good, but they're an inexpensive and nutritious food source.
But it doesn't seem that organic food is any more nutritious.
British Dictionary definitions for nutritious
nutritious
/njuːˈtrɪʃəs/
adjective
1.
nourishing, sometimes to a high degree
Derived Forms
nutritiously, adverb nutritiousness, noun
Word Origin
C17: from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrix a nurse
Word Origin and History for nutritious
adj.
1660s, from Latin nutricius "that which nourishes, nurses," from nutrix (genitive nutricis) "a nurse," from nutrire (see nourish). Related: Nutritiously.