† connuˈtritious, a. Obs.—0
App. only a Dictionary word, originating in an erroneous adaptation (after nutritious) of med.L. connūtrītus, rendering συντεθραµµένος having been nourished together, used by Hippocrates in conjunction with ἐµπεϕυκώς having been inborn, congenitus, congenital. (The regular meaning of connutritious, if in use, would be ‘conjointly nutritious’: cf. the amended explanations of Craig and Smart.)
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Connutritious (connutritus), that hath the same nourishment, or bringing up. 1730–6 Bailey (folio), Connutritious is that which becomes habitual to a Person from his particular Nourishment, or..had its first Aliments from sucking a distempered Nurse, etc. 1846 Smart Supp., Connutritious, nutritious by the force of habit. 1847 Craig, Connutricious, nourishing together. |