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Nourishment

//ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of nourishing wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that nourishes; food. countable, uncountable

    "The Oriental Synagogue, continuing to draw musical nourishment from Semitic-Oriental sources."

  4. 4
    a source of materials to nourish the body wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.

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