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insalubrious, a.|ɪnsəˈl(j)uːbrɪəs|
[f. L. insalūbri-s (f. in-, in-3 + salūbris salubrious) + -ous. Cf. F. insalubre (1528 in Hatz.-Darm.), It. insalubre (Florio).]
Not salubrious; detrimental to health. (Now chiefly of climate or surroundings.)
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 14 It tasts brackish and insalubrious. Ibid. 179 The scituation..is low, in a marrish and insalubrious plaine. 1758W. Battie Madness xii. 88 Original Madness..is not necessarily accompanied with any symptoms or succeeded by any effects, that are strictly speaking insalubrious. 1831Brewster Nat. Magic xiii. (1833) 326 Breathing this insalubrious atmosphere. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xv. (1860) 161/1 He..probably fell a victim, in an insalubrious climate, to old habits, and new rum. 1874Blackie Self-Cult. 49 In hot countries, where insalubrious vapours infest the night. |