salutiferous
/saljuːˈtɪfəɹəs/
salutiferous · adj — conducive to good health; healthy. It carries an Arena rating of 1495, earned across 6 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, salutiferous ranks #3,620 of 17,131 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,839 of 17,165 for Most Satisfying to Say, #6,058 of 17,205 for The Improbable, #7,376 of 17,177 for Most Whimsical Words.
salutiferous is pronounced /saljuːˈtɪfəɹəs/.
Why “salutiferous” is a great word
Conducive to good health, safety, or spiritual well-being. From Latin *salūtifer* ("healthy, health-giving") and the English suffix *-ous*; first attested circa 1540. Unlike "salutary," which implies a corrective remedy, or "salubrious," which describes an agreeable climate, salutiferous denotes an active, almost generous bestowal of wellness. It is the clean mineral taste of a mountain spring, the profound silence of a cloister at dusk, and the first deep breath drawn in gratitude after a long illness—the quiet conviction that some things actively carry wholeness with them.
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Etymology
From Latin salūtifer (“healthy, health-giving”) + -ous.
adj
- Conducive to good health; healthy.e.g.“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: […] Rich
- Conducive to safety or salvation.
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