nutritious UK /njuːˈtɹɪʃəs/US /nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/ adjective2 •Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink. •(figurative) Salutary.A cumbrous, circuitous, and often a sophisticative mode of commenting upon the Prophets, and of darkening their meaning, had taken the place of what might have been a nutritious popular instruction. — 1861 formsmore nutritious · most nutritious