different between rabid vs salubrious

English

Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabi? (“to rave”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??æb?d/, /??e?b?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æb?d/
• Rhymes: -æb?d

Adjective

rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)

1. Affected with rabies.

2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

Quotations

Translations

Noun

rabid (plural rabids)

1. A human or animal infected with rabies.
2. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Anagrams

• Baird, bidar, braid

English

Etymology

From Latin sal?bris (“healthy”) +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?-lo?o'br?-?s, IPA^(key): /s??lu?.b?i?.?s/

Adjective

salubrious (comparative more salubrious, superlative most salubrious)

1. Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially as related to air.
   • 2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse ?ISBN, page 133

     Ireland has a mild, genial and salubrious climate, I remember from my geography lessons. Salubrious, my foot! Unless you take salubrious to mean a regular downpour the whole year round, with, in between, a penetrating dampness that'd  ...

Synonyms

• (promoting health or well-being): healthful

Antonyms

• (promoting health or well-being): insalubrious

Related terms

• salubriously
• salubriousness
• salubrity

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