Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nutriment

Nutriment , noun

[Latin nutrimentum, from nutrire to nourish. See Nourish.]

1.
That which nourishes; a nutrient; anything 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 development or growth.
Is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind? — Swift