Nutritive
adj, noun
adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A nutrient. archaic
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to nutrition.
- 2 Nourishing, providing nutrition.
"The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage."
Adjective
- 1 of or providing nourishment wordnet
Example
More examples"The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage."
Etymology
From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“I suckle”).