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wholesome
[
hohl
-s
uh
m
]
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Origin
whole·some
/
ˈhoʊl
səm
/
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[
hohl
-s
uh
m
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial:
wholesome recreation; wholesome
environment
.
2.
conducive to bodily health; healthful; salubrious:
wholesome food; wholesome air; wholesome exercise.
3.
suggestive of physical or moral health, especially in appearance.
4.
healthy or
sound
.
Origin:
1150–1200;
Middle English
ho
(
o
)
lsom
(
see
whole
,
-some
1
); cognate with
Old High German
heilsam,
Old Norse
heilsamr
Related forms
whole·some·ly,
adverb
whole·some·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
helpful; good.
2.
nourishing, nutritious.
2, 3.
See
healthy.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Example Sentences
Summer is an ideal time to start children on a
wholesome
nutritional track and to encourage enjoyable physical activities.
In the hominess of the diner, eggs and potatoes steaming on our plates, it all seemed sort of old-fashioned and
wholesome
.
Second, he draws attention to his
wholesome
private life.
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Summer is an ideal time to start children on a
wholesome
nutritional track and to encourage enjoyable physical activities.
In the hominess of the diner, eggs and potatoes steaming on our plates, it all seemed sort of old-fashioned and
wholesome
.
Second, he draws attention to his
wholesome
private life.
Blasting people to bloody shreds with flying robots is a peaceful and
wholesome
educational activity for the whole.
It was not a
wholesome
atmosphere where you could bring your family along.
The online purveyors of mothers' milk see themselves as brokering an entirely
wholesome
trade.
Or any other sort of
wholesome
family reunion or holiday.
Because you can take any
wholesome
and wonderful behavior and make it into a disaster if everyone did.
And popular pressure has prompted many fast-food outlets to offer salads and other
wholesome
fare.
What hpeend to them and why cnat they be brought back to life againgood
wholesome
foods.
Townspeople had a hard time squaring an unsavory past with their
wholesome
self-image.
There is something
wholesome
and heartwarming about slug lines.
We might want more allies than there are
wholesome
governments to choose from.
On
wholesome
childhood delights and, of course, the integrity of the family.
We can get the
wholesome
benefits of diversity by letting diversity happen rather than trying to manipulate people.
It's hard work being
wholesome
and cheerful all the time.
But it's an ideally
wholesome
clan, and both wilderness and fauna are photogenic and endearing.
As a usual thing, directors have a
wholesome
fear of this type of picture.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
wholesome
(ˈhəʊlsəm)
—
adj
1.
conducive to health or physical wellbeing
2.
conducive to moral wellbeing
3.
characteristic or suggestive of health or wellbeing, esp in appearance
[C12: from
whole
(healthy) +
-some
1
; related to German
heilsam
healing]
'wholesomely
—
adv
'wholesomeness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
wholesome
c.1200, from
whole
(in the "healthy" sense) +
-some
. Originally in moral senses; physical sense first attested late 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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