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haleness

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hale

1  [heyl]
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–adjective, hal⋅er, hal⋅est.
free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME (north); OE hāl whole

Related forms:
haleness, noun

Synonyms:
1. sound, healthy,

Antonyms:
1. sickly.
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hale 1   (hāl)   
adj.   hal·er, hal·est
Free from infirmity or illness; sound. See Synonyms at healthy.

[Middle English, from Old English hāl; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]
hale'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

hale  (adj.)
"healthy," O.E. hal "healthy" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole, it was given a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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