- Wholesomeness
- Wholesome Whole"some, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl.
{Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G.
heilsam, D. heilzaam.]
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1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious;
salutary.
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Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. [1913 Webster]
2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. [1913 Webster]
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. [1913 Webster]
I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
