salubrious
suh-LOO-bree-usadjMeaning good for one’s health
Memory hook SALAD + BREEZE: so HEALTHY. Every day Nana Lou eats a fresh salad in the cool sea breeze; her seaside town is salubrious.
The village was known for its salubrious climate, with clean air and mild summers.
In context After years in the smoky city, Grandma moved to a salubrious seaside town, where she walked the beach every morning and slept better than she had in decades.
Similar healthful, wholesome, healthy, beneficial
Opposite unhealthy, noxious, insalubrious
From Latin salubris, “healthful,” related to salus (health).