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whole⋅some
[hohl-suh
m]
–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, esp. in appearance. |
| 4. | healthy or sound. |
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whole·some (hōl'səm) adj. whole·som·er, whole·som·est
[Middle English holsom, from Old English *hālsum; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.] whole'some·ly adv., whole'some·ness n. |
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Wholesome
Whole"some\, a. [Compar. Wholesomer; superl. Wholesomest.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. 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. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- Whole"some*ly, adv. -- Whole"some*ness, n.
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Language Translation for : wholesome
Spanish:
sano, saludable,
German:
gesund,
Japanese:
健康によい
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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