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From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish +‎ -ment.

nourishment (countable and uncountable, plural nourishments)

  1. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
  2. Something that nourishes; food.
    • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 133:
      The Oriental Synagogue, continuing to draw musical nourishment from Semitic-Oriental sources.
    • 2021 May 25, Matthew Futterman, “‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 3 June 2021:
      Many ultraraces do not include much nourishment from organizers.

something that nourishes; food — see also sustenance