Nū'tri-ment, n.

n. [Lat. nutrimentum, from nutrire, to nourish; Fr. nutriment, Pr. nurimen, noyrimen, Sp., Pg., & It. nutrimento.] 1. That which nourishes; any thing which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South. 2. That which promotes enlargement or improvement. Is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind? Swift.