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Webster 1913 Edition
Wholesome
Whole′some
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Wholesomer
; sup
erl.
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
lawsA
wholesome
tongue is a tree of life. Prov. xv. 4.
I can not . . . make you a
wholesome
answer; my wit’s diseased. Shakespeare
A
wholesome
suspicion began to be entertained. Sir W. Scott.
3.
Sound; healthy.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Whole′some-ly
, adv.
Whole′some-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wholesome
WHOLESOME
,Adj.
1.
Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; as wholesome air or diet; a wholesome climate.2.
Sound; contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; as wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths.