insalubrious

Meanings

• adjective

  Unhealthy or harmful, often used to describe conditions, environments, or substances that are detrimental to health.

  - "The insalubrious swamp water was teeming with mosquitoes."
  - "The insalubrious factory conditions led to a high rate of employee sickness."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with insalubrious
salubrious , obnoxious , preposterous

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Variants

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insalubrious , insalubrities , insalubrity

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Etymology

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From Latin insalubris, meaning 'unhealthy'.

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Trivia

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1. The word insalubrious comes from the Latin word insalubris, which means 'unhealthy'.

2. Insalubrious is often used in literature to describe settings or conditions that are detrimental to health or well-being.

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Related Concepts

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1. salubrious: The opposite of insalubrious, meaning healthy or beneficial.

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Culture

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In literature, insalubrious is often used to describe settings or conditions that are detrimental to health or well-being. For example, in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death', the insalubrious castle is a setting where death is present and unavoidable.

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1. visualize
   

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2. associate
   

   - Associate the word insalubrious with unhealthy or harmful conditions, environments, or substances.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Insalubrious Is Sickly And Unhealthy' to remember the meaning of the word.

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