Crossword clues for nutritiousness
nutritiousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nutritiousness
Nutritious \Nu*tri"tious\, a. [L. nutricius, nutritius, from nutrix, -icis, a nurse, nutrire to nourish. See Nurse, Nourish.] Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental. -- Nu*tri"tious*ly, adv. -- Nu*tri"tious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
nutritiousness
n. nourishment
WordNet
nutritiousness
n. the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth [syn: nutritiveness]
Usage examples of "nutritiousness".
But their testimony to its nutritiousness is worth nothing, for they will eat pine knots, or anthracite coal, or brass filings, or lead pipe, or old bottles, or anything that comes handy, and then go off looking as grateful as if they had had oysters for dinner.