nutritive

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“to suckle”).

Sulphate of quinine, or other tonics, with nutritive food, which is easy of digestion, should also be taken in moderate portions at a time. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck
This nutritive dish was liberally served; and, as a new Mongo, I was tendered an especial platter, flanked by copious bowls of cream and honey. — Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver, Theodore Canot
But enough of this: we must forego any further mention of the nutritive part, since it is not naturally capable of the Excellence which is peculiarly human. — The Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle, Aristotle

alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious

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